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i EDITORIAL PAGE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1019 J mt tlffe mom. ESTATlLIRlinD DT JOSEPH PULITZER. itS DlCjr Except Sunday by the rm PunUthlng Compter. Nos. I) to lut ivow, (low lorn. nxunt ruuTznn, president, ti rrv now. J. ANUUH fllAW, TreAurr, (t Turk How. JOSEI'M rui.IT.i:il, Jr., Hrrrtry. 1 l'rk Itow. "You're a Fine Cop!" CnrrrUM. imp. Thn Vm lld.llViW CV. . Dba.Nnr York Krvolnc World.) By J. H. Cassel UTMhKH Or THfJ ASSOCIATED PRnM. Km AimcIiM Pr It fxdortwlf MllW la n. m far wiMlrttlon ef Tl.lil M tMa to It or sot eUxrwit, cndlttd la Udi tt md t)r tt loul ovuj tiUiU4 Mm. "isVOLUME CO NO. 21,207 ' NO COMPROMISE. TO RAISE questions of local politics in the Boston police strike is to befog thej real issue. , For tho country at largo that issue is and will remain M clear and dean cut as it is momentous: ' When a policeman takes on oath to preserve law and order in lit community which employs and pays him, thall he be allowed o de ao with tho reservation that ho owes a stronger allegianoo to a 1 altar organization? (That is the big and crucial question tho shocking situation in Boston has forced upon tho pcoplo of tho United States. It is a question beside which all ramifications of politics involving Beacon Hill and the Boston City Hall aro trivial. It is a question which has got to be settled now and definitely 'organized society and self-government in the United States aro to retain their guardianship over public safely. ' In declaring once and for all that tho Boston police shall not be permitted to affiliate with the American Fcdcrution of Labor, the Mayor of Boston, tho Governor of Massachusetts and tho Comtnis raoner of tho Massachusetts Metropolitan Police, whatever their li Twslticfl of view in regard to lesser matters of jurisdiction, appear to be together in a conflict which tho welfare and futuro of the country require shall la fought out where it has begun. . It in upon the agreement of these Massachusetts officials as to tie main issue, sot their differences regarding minor ones, that tho Mention and support of tho Nation should now be concentrated. (The President of tho United States has called tho strike of the pelke in Boston, leaving the city at tho mercy of an army of thugs, " crime against civilization." In tho President's view: Tho obligation of a policeman la as s&crod and direct aa that of a soldier. Ho la a public servant, not a prints em- ' ploree, and the whola honor and safety of Uio community is In hi hands. He haa no right to prefer any prlrato advantage 'v to tho public eafoty." ' It is by such a standard of public service and duty that tho police .every city in the country should now bo tested and tried. It is to help restore and maintain this standard all over the United States that tho striking police of Boston, who Havo broken tielr oaths and betrayed tho public, should be mndo a national eauriple. 'iWhercrcr the morale of policemen has becomo lowered, wherever tteir sense of duty to tho public has been weakened, wherever their j adjegianco is divided through their becoming increasingly involved FCibleS Q"f EiVSWdCLV FolIC with labor union, there should lin an immorlliln nn1 rlrnah'n i!ffn. J J How They Made Good By Albert Payson Terhune Oopirlibt, Itli, tt Tb Fmi rvbtUblnt Co. ITU J'r York Ertnlnt World), No. 85-WlLUAM TUB SILENT, Who Made Good by Freeing His Nation. 1STOIIY has nicknamed him "William tho Silent" Ho was not a silent man. In fact, ho loved to talk; and, as ho was a Prince, pcoplo had to listen to him. Ho was WIlHnm, Prlnco of Ornngo and Count of Nassau, And ho was tho foremost man In Holland and In all tho Netherlands. That did not mean much. For tho Netherlands wcro In slavery. Hut William resolved to make it mean a great deal. And ho made good on his resolution. Germany and Spain were tho masters of tho Netherlands. They ground down tho peoplo with unbearable oppressions, robbed them by cruel taxes and put them to death and to torturo by thousands. This hod gono on eo long that tho Ncthcrlanders no longer dared rebel. A onco free peoplo had been crushed Into hopeless alavery. When William was still a mcro boy, In 1535, he visited tho court of France. There, bocauso his sympathies were- supposed to be with (he Spanish and German tyrants of his fatherland, tho King and tho diplomats . talked freely In his presence, and they boasted of TTTTTT f a Plot whereby a mass of his countrymen were I Held Hit Tonaue iQ bo Urcd jnt a trap anj massacred. J a Boy. i William said not a word to betray that he was $''vsv' Interested In the matter. In silence and In socmlng indifference he listened until the whole plan was made known to him. Then, by stealth, ho sent warning to tho Netherlander and enabled them to avoid tho tragedy. For knowing thus when to Keep nis mouth snut ne rccoivca his nlcknamo of "Tho Silent." William returned to Holland and set quietly to work, seeking to rouse his compatriots to a senso of their wrongs and to Induce them to revolt against their foreign masters. In time lie, mustered u Binall army. With this as a nucleus he prepared to liberate tho Netherlands. Hut such nn enterprise meant sacrifice and tho spending of much money to equip tho patriot forces. The thrifty Hollanders decided that It was better to plod along In servltudo than to spend all thut good cash and to sacrifice their smug comforts. So William had to disband his army. Iiut to a man who had resolved to make good thcro Is always more than one channel through whloh ho can achieve his ambition. While ho was beginning his work ull over ngnln nnd trying to educate tho Dutch to Ideas of freedom ho found a new way to annoy tho enemy. Ho organized a privateer fleet of hardy Zealand sailors, who named themselves "Tho Ileggars of the Sea," and ho sent them forth to prey upon tho Spanish nnd German shipping. As there was of J Ka '01 m tns form or patriotic piracy, Tho J Beggars of tho Sea" went Into tho business with a zest that well-nigh wiped the enemy's merchant v ships off tho wntcrs. Meanwhile William was build ing up another Involution this time on a solldor foundation than the last and wax Inducing tho plump Dutch burghers to loosen their purse-strings. Ily 1572 ho was strong enough to tako tho Held. Ho ably did ho handle this second revolt that It was far more successful than the other. In fact. It led to tho part-freedom of tho Netherlands, al. though William was still obliged to glvo nominal tribute to the foe. Then, a few years later, hereallzed ho had educated his ncoDle to tlie point of willingness to sacrlflco everything to freedom's cause and he threw off tho yoko entirely. The enemy Invaded tho Netherlands and a mlchtv struggle followed. Hut again William's genius triumphed. After a long and bloody war ho was victorious tho Netherlands woro free. Their patient liberator had at last made good. lag et all that tho community requires in thooo who aro to be or aro to iwnaJn members of its polico force. 'Tbo Army andiNavy of tho United States brook no divided alle- gWaces. Yet neither has any troublo in enlisting plenty of fine Kd loyal men who remain loyal. It can be tho samo with a city police forco if its standards aro rigidly maintained. Tho Governor of Massachusetts declares tho Boston polico trucera aro not strikers but deserters. Before they walked out they were sworn public servants. To tako them back, he argues, would be to arbitrate the laws and government of Massachusetts. Says tho Mayor of Boston: By Sophie Irene Loeb Courtliftl. ltlO. bir Til run rublUhln Co. (The Navr Tork Errtrinir World). The Saintly Son O' "For policemen to Join an outsldo organization and atrlko In order to improve their own private situation 'la as much a betrayal of tho community aa It would be for soldiers to strike in order to better their own pay and quarters. In my judgment no compromise on this issuo is possible" NCH upon a time there was n mother who had n saintly son. Needlcns to say, ho was the only one. Her heart and soul was cen tred In him. He was tho Idol of her eye. When ho was a little boy alio taught him all tho goody - goody tilings. Ho could repeat all the fine mottoes from his copy book. And thus no learned many lemons on being a good boy. When ho was old enough tho best school was found for him. Mother took him thore and told all tho toach- era what a good boy Clarence was. P. There must bo no compromise. i Tho right of every American community to claim tho first alle gMjBce of its polico and to share nono of tho obligations recognized How he hod never given hor a mo. W$wt police with the American Federation of Labor must bo estob- mont'" wor7' Fr min't "he kept yfll -5 j -n i... ii it . .i si . . him very close to hor all the time. iikcu uutu uuu ivi uu uy uiu rusuu ui wio comiici in IJOSlon. Iievtr fcnowcd him out with other boys r The fight must be fought out eveu though Federal troops have or girls? she told how ho had never tolbo sent to Boston and every loyal force in the Nation invoked to t0,d 1,0 or K,von nrr A nlnBl panB back the municipal and State Governments involved against the syra-Ling bodyguard. And thus far he pathetic strike action of other labor unions. bad turned outthe product sho had ' Where thcro is at stake a fundamental urincinle of nnhltn nm. planned him to be. CTMnn nnn wl,!.0, ,lnnon,l ihn nnnlmnn,! ...! iJ.. -Ai.J Now thlt younff man. who had been " , ; ,t , o J "ttiu ui mu Btartod in this right way, know noth 110,000,000 people of the Lnitcd States in their local living and pur- ing else, and went on being tho goody suits, there can be no compromise. good little boy in his college days. 1 B-Pita Mr. Gompcrs's move to put off . find decision, the tln.oSSrwW,'1!!: ST CI". .vui.x-.uu miv losuu ui a iojui uim uv.jiliiuuuiu ponce, as DclWCcn the found himself alone In his room very public and the American Federation of Labor, is now. ' And tho place is Boston. 1 . . Letters From the People Oar Dd In Kmner. rSa uvl taitw of Tb Ktmlof WciMi I. am a constant reader of your 'paper, and have noticed in your col umna many discussions pertaining to our. dear dead In Franca. I am one ofthose many mothers who have sacrificed their sons for humanity, and naturally am very much inter ested in this subject. I think that the least consolation a mother am havn is to be able to visit her dear son's gravo and care for It, for I know that n mother can take.'moro pride In her own son's ' crave than a stranger will, although the ,popuince or Krnnco nave prom Lsd our craves careful attention. I have lust received a photograph of my boy h grave, In Ft Sever Ceme tery, Rouen, I'nxncc, and was much rrjevea to see inn conauion or . T$ere really was nothing but weeds (vtrewn si) about It. and the little .wo sa was naraiy recogniz- U't'ie. jvow do you think that Is what those boys doservo after giving ..i juuiik lor ttiir I cannot see why the Kreneh h,inl,i expect to keep thu dead boya on their soli. In my bstlmatton It In for thn mother of uich and rviw ... m say whether or not th hnv .v..i.i bo brought homo, and I know that If tlioy could apeak for themselves they surely would rather have the tender cam of thulr mothers than of for eigners. Now that wn havo finished the Job, and mostly all the American troops have returned. I think we all ought to glvo some little consideration to the broken-hearted mothers, who uiuou uio iiruni or incite weJcome homo celebrations, nnd contemplate, now, on returning our dear dead. aince uicy novo sacrificed nil, why not give their mothers that vm-y small consolation of visiting tholr graves, and have them lying at rest in tbo land of thtlr blrthT M. J, Ii, often. Ho broamo quite a bookworm having to spend eo much time with himself, When mother heard of this kJio was very much pleased. "Ho will never lenrn bad habits from other boys," she reasoned, "and therefore ho will bo n great man." When his college days were over, he took his shecnsuin and camo home to present it to mother, llko a good boy, and now, as usual, hn urned to her for tho next step In hi life. It was all ready for him, H!ie had purchased a small partner nblp In her father's (Inn, and ho would step right In and becomo tho great man. And he did step right In. He enmo In contact, not with collrgo men but n.cr. of business, It was quite dlf ferent. If he was going to succeed In his work be had to Join with them in many ways sometimes social ways. In a word, ho had to bo on of them. He was smart enough t realise this. finally sho reluctantly agreed to let him go his way occasionally without ' her. Many evenings sho was absent from him. Hho was sitting at homo ! thinking, "Where Is my wandering boy to-nlght7" Whllo he well, never mind. To ninko a long fablo short, ho re turned one evening to mother, ac companied by a beautiful lady, who had been shining In tho limelights nnd was often In the papers. Bhn had looked upon Clarence ns a big catch hecauso ho was to be boIq holr to nil hla mother's money. And she .'aught him. Ilo Introduced his wifo to his mother and sho promptly fainted. Most of her died right then and there. Her only son, tho ono she hnd so closely watched and coddled tho boy whom sho would let nothing touch that would glvo him tho least tosto or any but' tho good aide of life. llulng a wlso woman she saw nt onco thnt tho lady did not look at hor son through tho samo glasses as she not as hor Idol, but as her money-getter. CJarcnco wanted to show how pood a boy he was, so ho told his mother tho jjlory that ho hud swalluwcd, Tho poor girl wus In distress; she needed soma ono to protect her; she hud been seen so often with Clarence that hor reputation was in dunger nnd she was miserable about It. ilestdes, sho was such a fascinating and npptullng creature, und had he not ulw.iya been taught to do the good thing tho right thing? Why did mother .sewn ho disappointed? in brie:, it took u good wh o und consldeiublo uf C'lureuco's fortune to get him uut of this tangle. Hut tho mother leurued thlH morals If YOU WOULD HAVH YOUIl HON CIIOOSH ONLY THH IMUHT TH1NOH IN LirK. LUT 11111 LKAUN KOMKT1UNU Of T1UJ WllONQ ONHd. The Jarr Family By Roy L. McCardell CoDVTlrht. 1910. by Th ITeiw PubllihlnK Co. Tti Ntw Tork Brooln Worla) A Grievance Can Be Kept With One's Dress Suit in Mothballs and Aired at a Fitting Time "M Its. STItYVBR'B niece Gladys Is visiting her, and Airs. Stryver Is getting up nn Informal danco In honor of the girl," said Mrs. Jarr, "nnd Mr. Stryver knows bo many of those young brok ers who have been making money In tho stock market slnco tho war. Do you know any nlco young men?" Cosh, do I havo to scout for hus bands for Mrs. Stryver's nlcco too?" asked Mr. Jarr gloomily. "Now, there you go!" cried Mrs. Jarr. "I do declare, It Is a good thing that Gladys Isn't present to hear you Tho way you've tried to dlscouraea that poor girl! "Dlscourago her? How?" asked Mr. Jarr. Never you mind!" said Mrs. Jarr, She's an Innocent-rolndcd child and sho couldn't sco through your re marks about you having to scout for eligible men for her, and so on, A rotty way to talk! Especially when It Is to bo considered that you haven't I HOW TO GET A JOD. Otnt credentials nro satisfac tory," said a manufacture to a youth who was applying for a situation ns clerk., "Have you a grandmothor?" "No sir." "Any dear old aunt?" "No, sir." "Or grrnt-aunts?" "No. sir." "Or any other relatives who will h likely to die during tho 1313-19 foot nail season? No sir, "YmiMI .In. Ynu run Htart work to At first motner remonstrated, but morrow." Detroit l'rce Press, and for. goodness sako hang It out on tho Are cacapo or oomowhero to get the sin oil of mothballs out of It. hate to go out In society smelling like a new tar roof." "You hate to go anywhere that's respectable," said Mrs. Jarr. "But it it were to go bowling all night or playing auction plnochlo at your club till dawn coming home recking of bad cigar smoko, you'd bo quick enough about It." Mr. Jarr started to say he supposed he would. nut what's tho use to start any thing? "Now, don't go mooning around aa if you hadn't a friend on earth wnen wo get to tho dance," said -Mrs. Jarr, "Don't bo coming over to mo whsn you see Gladys Is having a splendid lime with flvo or six young men around her and say to me: 'Ain't wo never going home! I've got to wor to-morrow!' " "Can I come over and say It if . - I nlft J 1. - ..... brouuht any ono around to meet hor, """ youug hiuh ,t n .inhn.on. who ate BHCKins aroundr- asked Mr. Jarr. .worvthlnir In slKht and then sat I OO have to work to-morrow and work around tolling us ho was engaged, and , ia; i i ..(,,. l.n m.t nt rrlrl Hill. I ..." ?.. ' v.-i.v anv tact!" i "And your day's work doesn' VWl MII. IIIVK --- ' ' I wns going to marry a nice girl. You "lirpeclally not then!" said Mrs . " HPftm in Til rn vmir ntlnnHnn (hnm tt.mir-M vmi'd bo Eiud Jonnsoiv ' ' - i nrnnl whAn wt iimi wt4 xirl V ii und Mrs. Stryver and ner niccu Gladys seem to bo Interested in those things." "Wo afro not Interested to that ex tent," replied Mrs. Jarr. "What extent?" Mr. Jarr Inquired. "To tho oxtcnt of that man John; nn'a pnmlnff UD nere lUKins uu u. vounc Klrl's t me talking about His old lovo affairs with another girl. And I'll ncvor let you say another word about the Stryvers again. They aro trying to do everything that should be done to help an eligible girl get nicely settled In llfo. Now, this party" I suppose I havo to go," inter rupted Mr. Jarr. You BurroSK you'll have to gor- rctillod Mrs. Jarr. "Do you suppoao worthless cronieo. We'll go home when I say tho word!" Mr. Jarr sold no more, and when he camo homo he found his dress suit wiui still In tho box couch Bonking In tho aromatic mothballs. Ilo got it out and donned it, holding his nose, Then ho ran around the block seen Inir up the neighborhood with th fragrance of tar and camphor. Ho begun this at 7, Just when Mrs. Jarr commenced uttirlng herself, with the aid and attention of Gertrude, the maid. At 10 P. M. Mr. Jarr (had made so many trips around tho block that when ho was caught on tho fortieth lap and led to tho Stryver mansion, ho wan tired and footsore, but still emitting a healthful aroma of moth- "The Deanar tho Sea.' TheGayLife of a Commuter Or Trailing the Bunch From Paradise By Rube Towner ODprrtjM. Ml. It tt rral rufcllillm Co. (Tin Nrw York X-Traln WotIS). " Newcomer Takes a Vacation l.ii tin Hut he toad his revenge. There were . . V. n 1 1 .1 ..... u -,,( .1 t I can go alone? Won't somebody have rflrra1r of U, TseTon. andT all to distract my attention when I'm , together thoy outfroffranced tho nhflnnrnnlnir hor? Of course. Mrs. ! plrht.dollar an ounce Imported per- v ' " I . . lit fc.n- .Irihu.flnln XUmO lia. DHJ TV1 HUM lil nleco were liberally spnnKicu wnn Tins Buncn naa missca nowcomcr from his accustomed seat on .1.- EC A r aw Ihnn V(IU f.Utl A. JU. IUI l"Ut t ... week, when they began to recelvo postcards from him Indicating that ho was making a wet pllgrlmogo through some of tho dry States. That Is, they Imagined the post cards wcro from Newcomer. Thoy bore no date, no name of any place, nor any signature, but Doo thought tho handwriting bore a resemblance to Nowcomer's. The post-offlco stamp gave no clue, because no one ever saw a legible post-odlco mark from a small town post-ofllce. All tho other members had returned from tholr vacations with tnles of wonderful experiences. Doc spent his vacation In Florida and came back with a plan to graft a grapevine on an orange tree that would produco orange Julco with a kick in It when tho Prohibition amendment took ef fect. Mawmss had returned from Nor folk with a bunch of blackface stories and an expenso bill ns long as the Pcaco Treaty, which ho was able to havo ratified (because ho Is President of tho company and has to O. IC all bills. Qua had not yet returned from his annual trio to France, but sent a postal saying ho hnd applied fur the position of Harbor Mnster at Bor deaux, where tho supply is unlimited If ho succeeds thero will be a heavy 'ncreaso of travel In that direction bocauso "everybody drinks when the harbor master drinks." One morning ns the bunch was bound cityward, Doc announced thnt he had at lust located Newcomer by a letter he had received and which was as follows: MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Sept. 9. 1913. Dear Doc and Tho Iiunch: Arrived hero to-day and wns met by a great crowd with bands und flags nt tho depot. (It wns u great relief to mo when I learned they were waiting for President Wilson, who arrived on a later train.) I camo up tho Groat Lakes from Duffalo to Duluth nnd from thero by tialn, nnd nm sending you a few ob servations made en route: The train from Now York to Iluf- falo runs through ono of tho finest dnlry districts In Amcrlcn. Lvery thlng In tho dining car was good except tho butter. You can buy near beer In Buffalo, but I did not see anybody buy any. At nuffnlo I asked a group pf three States, or was until tho residents be gan cutting down the treea and gave tho ragweeds a chance. At Macklnao Island I met a party who had coma over from Pctoskcy to get rid of hay fever. The lowest record for auto acci dents is held by Macklnao Island. No autos are allowed on the Island. This reminded me of Lew Dock tad- era rule when ho kept a hotel: "In order that guests will not take fruit from the table, there will bo no fraiL" On this trip I learned the State anthem of Ohio us rendered by sua Ohio dolegatlon aboard: We're from Ohio Akron, Ohio We're from Ohio, The greatest Stato of all; When wo get back to Akron, Ohio, Woll tell tho people What a wonderful time we've bad. The relics of the old As tor feud ing post at Macklnao Island, where tho A 3 tor family got Its etart, are no longer on exhibition to visitors, but as the head of tho house is now Lord Astor it is probably Just as well. A small-sized stampede was nar rowly avoldod on tho train between Duluth and Minneapolis when the passengers saw a huge sign opposite tho Htatlon: HUM ItrVEU LUMBER CO, "It looks like n rough night. Captain,"- suld tho ship's wag In a loud voice as tho steamer entered Luke Superior, which wus aa smooth as u dancing floor. "That all drpends on the crowd," replied tho captain, as the ship sailed calmly on. Famous Women Stryver should chaperone her, but sho'll bo looking nftcr tho servants who uro all Bolshevists theso daya so I've promised to look after Qladys." AUTOMOBILE LIFTS ITSELF. Bv uslnir a new Jack with a rocker like base an automobile can be mude "Weill got my dress suit out early, to literally lift Itself. D' KSl'AIlt Is the moment when you blow out your own candle be cause nilvnrso winds uttack It, nnd you think thcro Is no use pro tecting It fuilher. Louisa M. Alcott nearly did, In tho dreary days when sho sat In tho garret of the homo In Concord, weeping, und 'holding In her hum! thu polite note from James T. Fields, declining thn story she had sent to him. the note advising hor to stick to her teaching. Tho author of "Llttlo Women." iccontly dramatized, knew the uphill buttle. Her culti vated father, Amos Bronson Alcott, teacher und philosopher, had moved with his family to Concord in 1839. Tho iitinoHpheio was conducive to "letters." Emerson, Holmes, Haw thorne, Thiui'iiu were friends of the Alcalts. Hut Louisa rut sho must ermi her own liv:nir. for th fnmllv policemen where tho Bteamer docked i means were very slender. Tho stories en which I wns to sail, Two of them guessed wrong. Tho Cnptnln of the steamship told sho published brought In but a trifle. Hut It wus the spur to tnu goo nho felt that she wits born for. When Little Women, written around her me he had to tako down tho crow's , own 'life nnd that of her sisters. In nest on his ship to keep tho : tho simpio uuncnru l me, appeared, v,.i,nU" nut of it Louisa Alcoa's name was on tho rolo "chickens out of It. If frtmo when ..Ltu Men.. WM Petoskey, on Lake Michigan, Is tho 'nnnounccd 60,000 copies were ordered hay over headquarters oX tho United in advanco of 1U publication, 9 ijaaU,,