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A Dtockado for Russian Itcds.
Kor fourteen months after the ar
mistices the Allies did nothing effective
to save Russia from lied Bolshevism.
But whether, from tlio point of view
of their own welfare and safety, their
more or less passive course was wise
or foolish, right or wrong, Is no
longer the question. With Bed Bol
shevism now sweeping over all Rus
sia tlio question Is not what the Allies
might have done or ought to have
done. The question now Is what they
caii do. And so far as concerns Rus
sia Itself undoubtedly the nnswer Is
that there Js nothing any outsiders
fun do. Russia Is gone.
But the Allies and the rest of the
world can do something very effective
to protect themselves from the Red
llood which threatens to whirl Into
Kuropc. They can dam It up within
Its own geographical limits. They can
lilockade It and keep It blockaded as
the Allies did with Germany.
If Russia gets the outlawry, physl
cal as well as moral, which Germany
got from the Allies there will he
no possibility of the Red Bolshevists
overrunning Europe or Tola nil or any
country from which they are shut out
with n blockade as tight ne a drum.
This course will not bo open to the
objection, raised generally In domo
cratlc nations, of denying self-deter
mination to Russia, red or whatever
tinge, while decreeing self-determination
for the rest of the world. It
will not be open to the objection which
the British public, a great part of the
French public and other self-governing
races have had against going Into
the country of another people and
handing them a form of government
on the point of a bayonet.
Blockading Russia will be an act of
self-defence by Europe and Asia
iignlnst a foreign menace as hideous
s disease and more dreadful than
war. It will be the protection of the
blockading Towers against Red ter
rorism as they would protect them
selves by quarantine from the bu
bonic plague.
The Red Bolshevists of Russia, Iso
lated from the rest of the world, out
lawed by civilization, would then
have to work out' their own salvation
or damnation. Our Judgment Is that
cut off from everybody, penned In
their own pit, It would not take them
long to do one or the other.
would select the coffee and tea which
satisfied his customers and servo It,
and the offer of n coffee urn, leased
or lent In exchange for exclusive imt
ronage, would not linvo a serious effect
In "fluiipresslng" competition. Coffco
urns may bo bought on easy terms; a
good shopper If ho were hard up would
find ii second hand outfit without too
much trouble. If one wholesale dealer
In coffee can afford to lease or lend
an urn to a customer another should
ho able to.
Supposo a man possessed tho art of
making delicious coffee and entered
tho wholesale coffee trade, offering, In
exchange for oxclnslvo patronage, to
teach restaurant and lunch room pro
prietors Hint elusive, art. Would ho
bo suppressing competition In viola
tion of the statuto? And If ho was,
would It bo worth Uncle Sam's while
to tax us to prevent It?
High Wages Out or Low Fares.
Thn Jfow York public will be as
founded and nlnrmeU at tho renewed
demands by tho Intcrborough Rapid
Transit labor leaders for anothor wage
Increriso for the workers.
It may bo that tho traction workers
of Manhattan and Tho Broux do need
raoro pay to meet their Increased cost
of living. It may be that they ought
to havo more to bo on nn equality
witn oiner wage earners no more
skilled than they and no raoro neces
sary to the business and comfort of
the public. But they nro demanding
money which Is not being earned by
the traction line. They are Insisting
upon getting something which doesn't
exist for them or for anybody to get.
They are proposing to squeeze blood
out of a stone.
There will bo cynical critics of tyils
movement to declare that tho rapid
trnnslt workers are being encouraged
by the companies themselves to press
heir demands so as to Influence tho
Board of Estimate to consider the
companies' application for higher
fares. This may be possible; It also
may bo possible that the demands are
made to help along the IIcarst-Hylnn
programmo for public ownership and
operation.
But whatever the facts back of
the demands thus sprung upon New
York again, the truth remains that
without higher faros the rapid transit
system of Xcw York cannot give the
service to which New York Is entitled
Without higher fares It cannot com
pete In the labor market for efficient
workers. Without higher fares
cannot maintain Its plants. Without
higher fares New York's traction sys
tem cannot keep out of the clutches
of bankruptcy, being dodged now only
with the greatest difficulty.
Higher wages or not, only higher
fares v will keep the wheels of New
York's rapid transit system turning
as they must turn If this populous
community Is to be properly served.
Busy Uncle Sam In the Coffee House
The vigilance with which Uncle
Sam watches over his nephews and
nieces Is well Illustrated In the sub
Joined announcement made In behalf
of the Federal Trade Commlsjlon:
"Upon application for the Issuance'
of comprint the Federal Trade Com
mission has, as required by law, the
public Interest appearing, cited four
concerns engaged In the wholesale tea
and coffee business tn Interstate com
merce In formal complaints alleging
unfair methods of competition.
"These respondents havo forty
days In which to die answer, after
which the cases will be tried on their
merits before final settlement.
"The complaints allege that these
respondents In direct active competi
tion with other concerns engaged In
tho same line of business and with
the erfcU of suppressing competition
In Urn alo of coffee and tea have
adopted the practice of leasing or
loaning coffee urns to customers en
gaged In the business of conducting
lunch rooms and restaurants, upon
the expressed agreement that such
customers would thereafter purchase
from these respondents alt the coffee
and tea used by them in the conduct
of their business.
"Tho only consideration appearing
for tho agreement by which the re
spondents' customers agree) to pur
chase their entire requirements of
coffees and teas from the respondent
concerns was the loaning or leasing
of the coffea urns."
It might bo supposed that the pro
prietor of n restnurnjit or lunch room
tvfcosc business was worth anything
From the Economic Bedlam.
At the hearing before the Coal Com
mission In Washington the other day
Frank Farrinoton, head of the United
Mine Workers In the Illinois district,
urged the adoption of a six hour day
for tho coal mining Industry for rea
sons which wero thus epitomized In
the news reports:
"Mr. Kahrinqton urged the com
mission to award the miners a six
hour day, saying there are 50 per
cent, moro miners than are necessary.
"During the six years ending with
1918, he said, Illinois miners aver
aged only 201 working days a year.
"With the six hour day miners
would be able to work the year round,
he said."
In other words, Mr. Farrinoton as
serts that there arc three miners
where there Is work for two, and con
sequently, In order that all of them
may be employed, he calls for an ar
tificial restriction of tho miner's day
which will render it Impossible for
two miners to produce as much coal
as they arc capable of. This arbitrary
curtailment of output Is not to be ac
companied by any reduction In miners'
pay, however.
Tho theory on which this topsy
turvy philosophy of employment rests
seems to bo that any calling owes a
Job to the man who elects to follow
It, and the public must pay the cost
regardless of what he does.
Neither a trade union nor a Govern
ment commission can turn such cm
nomlc lunacy Into anything remotely
resembling common sense, and no at
tempt Is likely to be made seriously
so to do. Yet the fact that a Gov
ernment commission can be Induced
to spend Its time listening to such
folly Is symptomatic of tho wild be
liefs that clutter up the heads of a
good many noisy "leaders" of thought
In these days of strange delusions,
diplomacy to lnlluenco (ho peoples of
central Asia and Turkey.
It found In inahy of thew cotm
trios ii feeling of distrust for tho
Entciito PowcrH which hnd been care
fully and Judiciously cultivated by
Turkish and German emissaries dur
lug tho war. The Bolshevik! sought
first to crenton uicnaco to Greut Brit
aln by imperilling hor position In Per
sla, Afghanistan and northern India
a position which would force her
either to defend these outposts of tho
British Emplro or nccept tho terms
of pence which were proposed by Lt-
nine. They sought also to arouse
Turkey to an opposition that would
tnnko Impossible tho settlement, of tbo
Near East question upon tho basis
proposed by the Allies.
While tlieso conditions present a ec
rlous mennco thero must still remain
a doubt If tho Bolshcvlkl's plans of
conquest can ho carried out or If their
military successes have actually for
tilled the Bolshevist rulo In Russia
Pan-Turnnlanlsui and Mohnmmcdnn-
Ism nro both too uncertain factors for
Bolshevism to reckon with; Pnn-Tu-ranlanlsm
Is tr questionable quantity
mid Mohammedanism bus nothing In
common with Bolshevism. Tho effect
of a propaganda omong tho half civil
Ized tribes of central Asia offers little
encouragement of fruitful results,
Such government as Persia has Is fa
vorafilo to Great Britain, and the
country Itself Is under British protec
tion. The way to India is not so easy
us It Is pictured.
The outcome of tho military cxpe
dltlon against both Kolchak and
De.nikinf. was foreseen when tho
strong nppeals made by both command-
crs for outside supplies and munitions
of war wero refused or only half
heartedly met by tho Alljes. There
Is no reoson to believe, however, that
the military successes obtained re
cently by tho Bolshevik! will bring
about n better government or meet the
urgent demands of food nnd clothing.
According to the reports of tho Mos
cow Soviet the deficit of the Govern
ment for the first half of 1010 was
30,000,000,000 rubles', nnd according
to the reports of the Bolshevist press
there hns been n complete demornllzn
tlon of Industries and transportation.
The general political situation Is thus
reported by nn American observer to
the State Department : "Appalling ter
ror, defenceless population, espionage
nnd provocation are the factors
thanks to which the Soviet Govern
ment still exists." Such conditions
nre not remedied by military successes.
Russia's real need, tt representative
government for the people, seems no
nearer now than It was when Bolshe
vism first set up Its Red reign of
terror.
of extrcmo olfactory sensitivity lias
been looked upon ns n mystery.
Wo have cited the case of the moth
because It Is tbo most striking In tho
lower animal kingdom, most members
of which havo had an iidvontago over
man In keenness of smell. Yet within
tho last six months man himself has
developed a faculty qulto ns umazlng
as tho flight of tho Lepldoptorn or tho
instinct which sends tho salmon thou
sands of miles through pathless seas
to spawn In tho stream of Its birth.
Somo Fnhro, some Holland, may bo
able to explain the phenomena on-
served by hundreds of erring people
In this neighborhood recently; may
tell what forco It Is, whether of
physical senso or psychic urgo, which
sends troops of forgotten acquaint
nncos and former friends, as unerr
ingly as tho salmon and as blithely
ns tbo moth, to tho houso of the
wretch who In secret nnd for his own
selfish purposes has laid -town n case
of Intoxicating liquors.
It Is not sight, for tho treasure la
acquired In darkness. It Is not smell,
for tho bottles nro corked. It Is not
taste or touch, for tho box Is scaled.
It Is not hearing, for tho victim has
been ns silent as the grave. It Is as
If Nature, In pity for tho Eighteenth
Amendment, had flung n sixth senso
to lior greatest destroyer and ad
mirer, man tbo supermoth.
MR, MUNSEY'S PURCHASE OF
"THE HERALD."
Six Dollars a Cover.
On a paper modlshly square, styl
Ishly blue-gray, wide of margin like
a tidal stream at low water comes a
polite Invitation to be host at a dinner
nt which Colonel WiiLiam Jennings
Bbyan Is to bo the guest of honor
Sundny evening.
There Is much In this delicately de
signed Invitation to glvo pause; tbe
surprise that so democratic a func
tion should be staged at nn Inn of
worldllness, not to meutlon Broadway
ness; that the ceremonious event is
scheduled for a Sunday evening. But
beyond nil such considerations which
provoke reminiscences' of n simpler
day Is one other. We quote from the
lino Immediately beneath the black
letter old English type In which Is
printed the name of the Society of malntaInodi but ln the'rtd the lnJurlou
cut the page site to one-half, named It
the Dally Continent, and after six
months gave up the experiment, tho
Opinions of Kowiphpors on the Chanjo 'T u.ls T ,0 avmuir
In Proprletorihlp. HlnM ,.,. Mp ,,. wl(h vnrv.
From Me Sue York Tlmti, January 11, ng success, has experimented with
Through his present ownership of Tub ! the Boston Jouron!, the Washington
Hun nnd his Just announced purchase of Timet, the New York New nnd Tub
tho Herald nnd its evening edition, the bun, Reverses havo not chilled him
Telearam, Mr. Muneey becomes tho In
heritor of two Illustrious and inspiring
traditions In New York and American
Journalism, the tradition of Chnrles A.
Dana and of tho elder and younger
James Gordon Bennett. Hut Mr. Munsey
Is 'very much the maker of his own tra
ditions, and his very successful and hon
orablo career as. a newspaper proprietor
has made It evident that ho belongs
to the moderns rather than to the an
dents. Times change and newspapers
change with them. That older day of
sharp controversies between newspapers,
taking the form, as they often did, of
personal attack, though usually the
controversy was about matters of no
Interest whatever to the public, has gone
forever. Mr. Munsey has always had
moro interesting things to concern him
self with than bickerings with his neigh
bors. He proceeds upon the assumption
that courtesy is becoming to a gentle
man, whatever be his calling.
Mr. Munsey will have the congratula
ttona and cordial good wishes of his
contemporaries In this enlargement of
his newspaper Interests,
The "Herold."
From the Sew York Tribune, lanuarv II.
Frank A. Munsey, the owner of Tub
Sun nnd Tub Evxnino Sun, who has be
come tho owner of the Herald, the
Evening Telearam and the Paris Her
ald, has not yet taken the public into his
confidence! with respect to the future of
his new properties; as to whether It Is
his plan to effect a merger or whether
It Is his plan to attempt to apply In New
York the policy of multiple ownership
which Northcllffe has applied In London.
In the former case New York Is to
seo a further constriction of the number
of Its newspapers of general circulation,
and In the second case there Is to be
an experiment such aa American Jour
nalism has never seen tried on a large
scale. The shift Is thus not only of eon
cern to all engaged In the making of
newspapers but to the public at large.
Under the elder Bennett, a supreme
newspaper genius, the Herald became In
many ways the most Important of Amer
ican newspapers. The volume of Its
business was the largest and it was the
most valuable Under the younger Ben
nett, for a long time, premiership was
a
Arts and Letters, promoter of this j cffsctll of absent ownershtp and control
Interesting affair: "Enclosed please! became more and more evident. Others
find $60 for one table of ten." pushed forward and Mixed leadership.
Oh, Nebraska! Alas, Dollar Dln-!But tna "a diminished, still
uers! On Broadway on a Sunday eve-1 "umeu T
, , , , Hon would leave a great void,
nlng, and $0 a cover at wholesale, To Mr Mung(JP the Tribune tenda
rates! Will not Chautauqua mourn? ts congratulations and its felicitations
We read on again: "Send check for j on his new undertakings.
Reginald De Kovcn.
'To that very large part of the the-
atrcgoing public which delights
light opera the death of Reginald De
Kovkn will be an almost personal loss.
Until Victor Herbert came on the
scene Mr. De Koven was America
best nnd most liberal provider of op
erettas, and-It Is evidence of tho fine
quality of oven his earliest works that
some of them are remembered as well
and ns fondly as they were liked
quarter of a century ago.
While Mr. De Koven hnd ambition
beyond operetta nnd showed them In
two grand operas, one of which wn
produced nt the Metropolitan, he wns
wise enough In tho years of his hard
est work to realize that while the
musical stage had plenty of p'reten
tious stuff It lacked just what he was
willing to give it, light, tutiefitl music.
His last work, a second grand opera
has yet to be produced. Whether It
be a success or not will not affect the
place he held In the hearts of n peo
ple whom he did so much to pleas-c.
So long as the numbers of "Robin
Hood" nre sung and whistled De
Koven will not be forgotten.
The Bolshevist Military Success.
The military success of the Bolshe-
vikl has made them practically mas
ters of former European Russia with
the exception of the Polish and Baltic
provinces, and has carried their linos
to Lake Baikal ln Siberia, across the
Caucasus and to the gates of Turkes
tan ln central Asia. With u line of
such great extent to defend ns these
successes Impose, nnd with their Im
mobile forco and disorganized trans
portation system, it is believed un
likely that they will attack Poland
with tbe hope of forcing nn entrance
Into western Europe and nt tbo same
time continue the advantages they
have gained In the south by an ad
vance Into Persia nnd India.
Poland has already announced that
she has been prepared for a western
advance of Bolshevist forces. But
Trotzky withdrew most of his troops
from the Potlsh front for use against
Kolchak nnd Denikine, nnd tho
force that remained there Is compara
tively einaU Bolshevism has directed
Its lWcrtf both of propaganda nnd
A BUI for the Deduction of Down
town Luncheon Blllo.
Representative Jacoway of Arknn
sns has introduced n bill which is en
titled "to permit travelling salesmen
to deduct expenses for meals and lolg
ng In computing their net Income for
Income tnx purposes," but which would
really help the ordinary non-drumming
business man a little. The 1)111 would
amend the revenue net of 1018 so as
to add to the list of deductible Items
"travelling expenses, Including meals
and lodging, while away from home
Incurred In the pursuit of n trade or
business."
A New York business man, whether
he comes to his downtown office from
upper SInnhattan, The Bronx or Flat-
hush, Is "away from home." His
luncheon Is "Incurred In tho pursuit
)f a trade or business." His travel
ling expenses are Just ns real ns those
of a commercial traveller going from
Chicago to- Los Angeles. Four bun
dred dollars a year for luncheon, $30
n year for car fares; tho total Is well
worth deducting 'from tho gross In
come. , The tax on $430 nt 4 per cent
Is $17.20.
Out In Dardnnelle, In Yell county,
where Mr. Jacoway comes from, bus!
ness men wnlk to their offices nnd go
home to luncheon, which precedes n
nap. Happy DardnnelleansI Their
Representative can well afford to do
something for tho wretched business
men of the large cities.
The Sixth Sense Is Here.
One of tho marvels of nature, the
source of wonder to entomologist nnd
layman, lias been the power of tho
lady moth to attract the mole great
distances. In some cases, where the
female has been brought from n region
a thousand miles away and her ex
posure in a screened window box hns
caused tho appearance of males of her
own family not known to bo Indig
enous) to tho locality, Aha exhibition
$0 per cover." Six a cover? Six
million voters will be curious ns to
the meaning of such n cover.
But to our reading: "No rcservn
Hons by telephone." Fair enough
"Hats debarred." Now what In tho
world but soft: bats debarred? Of
course; lest banqueters under tho emo
tional Impulse aroused by grape Juice
and everything shy their hats Into
the ring.
"Service at 7 P. M. sharp." We
hope that every one who wants to
nnd can afford tho tax will promptly
mail his check for $00, leave his lint
nt home, and, sending his wife to
church, hike to tho banquet ball nnd
feast upon ns much moro than $60
worth of wisdom as appetite sharp
ened by the flow of soul may demaud.
Talk of Hoover as the nominee of
both parties. Newspaper headline yes
terday.
Perhaps there was talk of this kind
yesterday, the day John Barleycorn's
supporters, defenders nnd patrons cel
ebrated his Impending translation into
the state of unconstitutionality, but
wo may hope for better things now
King Alcohol hns lost his throne.
Usually the most Interesting of a
literary man's writings are those
which he neither prints nor keeps
his letters to his friends; nnd it is
always tho task of a biographer to
find such memorabilia. For the pur
pose of preparing n life of Henrt
Mills Aloen it Is asked that his
friends lend whatever material they
have that will be useful to the biog
rapher, addressing it to Mrs. Ada Fos
ter Alden, 521 West 112th street. New
York, who will return the papers as
promptly as possible.
How unkind Is the coincidence that
brings to the United States to-day the
news that in the occupied portions o
Germany American soldiers are buy
ing 333 glasses of real beer for $1!
No moro open drinks openly
rived nt.
The Sahara is still the largest desert
In tho world, but only by a margin of
600,000 square miles.
Why should Clemenceau wish to be
President of France when ho has been
the diplomatic boss of the world?
Women to find out about prlccs.-
Utiaspaper headline.
Don't they know now?
This Is tho first morning after the
last night before!
Tbe Oalja.
If you wlih to ta In faahlon.
Beat dtvelop quick a paaalon
For the oulja.
tt la catching aa the Ou la,
Aa peralatant quite aa glue Is,
la tha oulja.
For all klnda of Information,
For tha neweit old aaniatlon,
Qulta tha latett dissipation
la tha oulja, ' ,
It you're psychic though but slightly.
You'll be treated most politely
By the oulja.
It will answer any question
That disquiets your dlgtatlon.
Will tha oulja.
All tho scientists nre blocking
Out thslr lists of problem, locking
Up thctr llbrarlrs, and flocking
To the oulja.
You remember how the tango
Felt before tha Jala fandangoT
So the oulja
Itaa atoppad abort, unahook, tha shimmy!
Evening partlea now cry "dlmroa
Juat tha oulja."
And It wouldn't be surprising.
With tho whole lind signalising.
If we'd aoon ba governlifng
By the ouUal
Ultlicx Wonts.
London Comment on the Sale of the
"Herald."
From tht London Evening Star, January IS.
Mr. Munsey amalgamated the Press
with The Sun and reduced the price of
tho latter, which he Is still running.
His purchase of the Herald gives him
control of the mlddlewelghts of the' New
York press. Ills two newspapers stand
for enterprise without yellow Journalism
and for financial caution with progres
sive Ideas.
Since the death of James Gordon
Bennett at Nice nearly two years ago
It has been obvious that some drastic
change would be likely to come In the
history of the great enterprise which his
father founded.
Now he Is gone, having left his news
papers In a charitable trust for the bene
fit of the staffs. These newspapers long
had been run by a committee or council
of editors sitting in New York, but the
mysterious man at the other end of the
cable really Inspired their decisions;
when he died they lost the dynamo which
generated so much electricity for the
Herald, the genius which sent Stanley to
And Livingstone or Insisted on dog sto
rles being featured ln Its columns.
The committee now will glvo way to
another live wire, for Mr. Munsey Is a
self-made man of the best American
type. Jtr. Bennett Inherited his wealth;
Mr. -Munsey made his. . . .
' That was eighteen years ago and Mr.
Munsey's wealth and financial Interest
have bounded up. Since then ho has
found time to write half a dozen novels
himself, to make many trips across the
Atlantic and to conduct a huge book
publishing business.
He certainly will wake up the New
York Herald, and especially Its Paris
edition, which had tended too long to
reflect the special fads and kinks of
James 'Gordon Bennett. Tho latter
treated It as a sort of private literary
park where ho exercised his dog stories.
his yachting cups and his spelling
cranks. Under Mr. Munsey's rule the
Paris Herald will becomo broader and
undoubtedly more successful.
successes have not made him ovcrsan
gulne. Ite has steadily pursued the am
bltlon to become a great dally nowspapor
proprietor. Now ho owns Tuc Sun and
tho Herald, The Kvenino Sun and tho
Telegram, breaking all records for this
metropolis. Owing to the advantage
which modern news collection has given
to the evening newspaper Tub Ivenino
hun nna llie Telearam have larger cir
culations than The Sun nnd the IleraUl
Those who havo watched Mr. Mun
eey's career may havo thought thirty
yeara ago that It wns "motiorlc." They
have chnnged their minds, Persistence,
energy, poise ( and self-command In the
face of either extremo of fortune me
anything but meteoric. Continued for
moro than forty years In the metropolis
of America, and finding a climax In the
full personal control of four dallies, they
aro bound to command tha world's at
tention.
The passing of the younger James
Gordon Bennett, who, -with the excep
tion of William R. Hearst, "was the one
oldtlmer ntandlng forpcrsonal Journal
Ism, demanded some strong man to take
his place. Mr. MunseV hns the samo
Idea of Individual responsibility, the same
Ideals ln very large measure. Without
the classic acridity of Charles A. Dana,
he has' Dana's news sense. Without tho
personal pugnacity of the elder Dennett,
he has Bennett's uncanny appreciation
of what will hit news readers dramatic
ally. He makes few enemies or no ene
mies, where Dana and the elder Ben
nett made many. He . will have the
hearty good wishes of contemporary,
even of rival, publishers.
The Future of tho New York "Herald."
From the Sew York AtAtrlcan, January 16.
Frank A. Munsey has purchased tho
New York Herald, which was once the
best known nnd most profitable news
paper In the country. . . .
We Ilka Mr. Munsey nnd wish him
well, and It will be Interesting to see
what Mr. Munsey now does with this
paper of notable career and famous
name whoso record epltomlies much of
the history and tho morals of Journal
Ism.
We hope that he will restore its
former great power nnd prestige along
the admirable lines laid down by the
elder Bennett, Its Illustrious founder.
A FARMER ON DICKENS.
Changes of a Half Century of Xew
York Journalism.
From the Brooklyn Dally Eagle, January 15.
Marvellous aro the changes of half a
century In the Journalism of New York
city. It wns Just fifty years ago that
the elder James Gordon Bennett planned
his last and greatest newspaper feat, the
discovery and relief of David Living
stone In the Tanganyika country. On
November 10, 1871. Henry M. Stanley,
leading an expedition of 200 men, all
expenses being paid by. the New York
Herald, found Livingstone at UJIJI. But
It was not until May, 1872, that tho
Herald was able to announce Stanley's
success with full particulars. So bitter
was the feeling between Charles A
Dana's Sum and Bennett's Herald that
The Sun fiercely ridiculed the Stanley
story as a "fake" and had to apologize
when the Herald had sent Ashley W,
Colo up Into the Hudson Bay region.
with curious family Information secured
by Stanley, to be Identified by David
Livingstone's brother, who was up there
In a fur station. We may suppose that
tho elder Bennett, who died June 1, 1872,
or Charles A. Dana might havo lain
awake nights It soma prophet had told
htm that on January 14, 1D20, the Cer
oid and The Sun wbuld como under the
same control by an absolute sate of the
Herald to The Sun's owner.
Frank A. Munsey. who first bought
The Sun from the William C. uelck con
trol and now owns the Herald also, l&
the only great American publisher who
ever got his first success by personally
writing fascinating popular .fiction. The
Golden Argosy stories gave success to
the publication. Then enmo Jlunsey'a
Magazine, emphasizing Munsey's good
fortune aa well as his efficiency. We be
lieve the first effort of Mr. Munsey to
enter tho dally newspaper field was his
purchase of an option on the Star, for
merly John Kelly's newspaper, and' later
edited by Mr. Dorahelmer, who was very
close to Graver Cleveland. It was owned
by tho late d. P. HUntlngtod. Munsey
Mr. rickvflck Enlivens the Few Honrs
of Leisure an Agriculturist Has.
To the Editor or The Sun Sir: 1
am not what would bo rightly called a
lover of Dickens's books nnd yet that
very fact may add value to the follow
ingthe thought of a humble farmtr
who has found enjoyment In reading of
tho remarkable adventures of Mr. Pick
wick and his entourage. I admit freely
that I am In the Imbecile class, otherwise
I would not be farming when I could
make )5 a day by working only eight
hours at something easy, such as carry
ing brick, I woutd be so classified any
how by your correspondent with a Dick
enslan name because he Is doubtless like
the old Quake'r who said to a friend
"AH the world's crazy except me and
thee, nnd sometimes thee's a little queer."
"But be that as it may," as George
Munroe used to say, I have tn common
with thousands of other imbeciles en
Joyed "Pickwick Papers." Dickens had
the power of making his characters seem
almost like flesh and blood. I enjoy
present day books, but I must confess
that I have read only one humorous one
In which the characters appear to me as
lifelike as those In "Pickwick Papers."
I believe that these characters will be as
real to me twenty years hence as they
are to-day friends who will wear well
and whom I can call upon to keep me
company whenever I so denire. That Is
the reason why Dickens Is read to-day
and will be read years after we are gone
and forgotten. It Is beyond the ken of
a man of my class to explain how Pick
wick and Sam Weller and the other Im
mortals, Including the fat boy, have
become Intimate friends, but they have
and always will be, whereas a lot of Mr.
Chambers's and contemporaneous heroes
and heroines drift away and are forgot
ten, leaving only a dim recollection of
corking good love scenes.
Whxum H. WooDRUrr.
Chester. N. J.. January 16.
LEGION OUTLINES ITS
PLANS FOR TRAINING
Urges Universal Sorvico for
Four to Six Months During
Eighteenth Ycnr.
CITIZENS TO BE TEACHERS
Charles W. Miller Says Body
Opposes Military Use of Youth
in Pcaco Time.
FORT YUMA THE TORRID.
Army Tradition and John Phoenix
Describe tbo Climate.
To the Editor ov Tun Su.v Sir: In
regard to the rainfall at Yuma, discussed
In a recent SUN, I have In my possession
a journal and letters written by my
father when as a young Lieutenant In the
Second United States Infantry he was
stationed at Fort Yuma. 1850-1853. He
was one of the officers who with ft por
tion of the regiment under command of
Brevet Major Samuel P. Helntzelmnn es
tablished Fort Yuma In the latter part
of 1830 for the protection of emigrants,
who later passed through thtre In large j
numbers on their way to the mines and
were In constant danger of molestation
by the Indians. In his Journnl and let
ters ho mentions rainfall as of rare oc
currence at that place.
Fort Yuma has always been remem
bered In the old army In connection with
Its extreme heat. There Is a well known
Story told of a bad soldier who died
while stationed there and who Is said to
have returned on tho evening of his do
cease to get his blanket, averring that
"he could not stand the rigors of the
climate down below"!
The truthful (7) John Phccnlx men
tions "Fort Yuma, on the Colorado River,
where the thermometer stands at 212
degrees In the shade and the hens lay
hard, hard boiled eggs." (Vide "Squlbobla
Papers.") In his "Lectures on Astron
omy" he says of Mercury :
It receives alx and a halt times aa
much heat from the aun aa we da;
from which we conclude that tha cli
mate must ba very similar to that of
Fort Tuma, on the Colorado niver. Tho
difficulty of communication with Mer
cury will probably prevent Ita ever be
ing selected as a military post, though
It possesses many advantages for that
purpose, belnir extremely Inaccessible
Inconvenient, and doubtless singularly
uncomfortable. ("Phentl.ina," paa;e J?.)
Astoria, January 16. W. M. S.
Special Dtipalch to Tin Son,
Wasiiinoton, Jan. 16, Universal mil
itary service training At n permanent
policy was urged boforo tho Houso Mill
tary Affairs Commltteo to-day In tho
name of tho Amerlcnn Legion by Charles
W. Miller, chairman of the organization's
legislative committee. Only by this
means, the service men think, can the
United States have a citizen army ready
for nny emergency, Mr. Miller said. Tho
period of training suggested by the Lc
glon Is from four to six months In tho
eighteenth year, with two weeks train
ing In tho nineteenth and twentieth
years. Mr. Miller also outlined tho Le
gion's policies toward military matters
ln general, recommending among other
things n separate air service.
No definite action on universal mili
tary training has been taken by the
committee, although a sub-committee
decided to delay the question until the
army Is reorganized. Ileprfsimtatlve
Knhn (Cal.), chairman of thu commit
tee, believes tt will favor the plan by a
small majority. -
Mr. Miller's statement to tr.o commit
tee reads: r1
'The members of the American Legion
are deeply Impressed with the folly of
national unpreparedness for war from
tbo results of which they suffered while
In France. They believe this country
should adopt a policy of universal .mili
tary training for its young men as tho
only fair, democratic and adequate sys
tem of defence. Having been through It
themselves, they think it only fair ana
proper that the generations which tome
after them should share such duties
and benefits also.
"They believe that In this way the
rnnnlrv ran maintain for Its defence a
citizen army which wl'l ,b, adequate for
any national emergency. They are
strictly opposed to militarism or to the
fostering of any military caste. They
believe that the Regular Army should
bo reduced to the lowest numbers neces
sary for lier foreign garrisons and other
necessary professional duty; that our
General Staff should be liberalized by
nn admlxtura of competent citizen offi
cers and that all such officers should bo
.subjected to eevere tests of fitness which
would eliminate all deadwood.
They believe that this citizen army
should be trained as far as possible by
citizen officers and its units localized
In the territory from which they come,
but that It must bo trained solely as
a national army under the authority of
the national Government for uso only
In time of war nnd that the men must
not be used to fill up the Regular Arm-.
That this training shall be taken by
the youth of the nation In their elgh
teenth, nineteenth and twentieth yearn,
'nd shall be for a period of not less
than six months during the first year, to
followed by n two weeks training
period each year for two years.
"That the men subject to the training
may, as an equivalent for the foregoing,
take their training in properly super
vised National Guard organizations.
"That the citizen army shall not be
used for military purposes In time of
peace except in me1 case ot national
Guard organizations.
"We favor the continuance of train
ing camps for tho training and educa
tion of officers to serve with the citizen
army.
"Wa recommend that tho air service
be made a separate department and con
sidered as a combat branch of the
army."
Ihe oun Calendar
THE WEATHER.
Kor Uaiicrn Ne,w York Rnln or snow
nnd warmer to-day; to-morrow fair,
colder at night Increasing cast and
couin wind--
Kor .Vow Jersey Snow In north, enow
or rain In south portion to-dayi tp-morrow
Probably fairs moderate south toaaat winds,
For Northern New Unrland . Snow to
day, allihtly warmer! to-morrow -probably
local anowal moderate southeast winds.
For Houthorn New England Snow and
alluhtly warmer to.day; to-morrow prob
ably fair; Increasing south winds.
For Western New York Snow tb-dayl
to-morrow cloudy, probably local snows,
continued cold; moderate east wlndt.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Id. A. disturbance
that waa over tha lower Missouri Valley
Thursday night ias moved to northaaat
Ohio with Increased Intensity and lhf ,l
alan a second one on the Virginia ca,pei,
with an apparent development toward tha
northeastward, and northeast storm warn
ing have been ordered on tha New Brig
land const from I'olnt Judith, R. I., to
Eastport, Me. flnowa and ralna were gen
erally from the Mississippi Valley east
ward and ther wrs sU mini In tha fSt'
(lulf Btatea, local anowa In the North-4fl
west and In tha far Northwest., Elsewhere
In the West the weather waa fair. Tern.
peratures remain low for the aeason In
the lake' region, the middle Atlantlo and
New England Stales and are very low jjjk
along the Canadian border. They were
Hniieiuiiy ltDQva (no loaiunsi ft,.isr viav-
where, especially from the plains Slates
westward. There will be snow Saturday
from the upper lake region and upper Ohio
Valley eaatward. ruin or anow tn tho mid
dle Atlantlo Stntea and rain In the south
Atlantic Stales, followed by generally fair
weather Sunday, except along tho leeward
shores of tile great lakea. In tha east
Gulf Stntet. Tennessee and the lower Ohio
Valley the weather will be fair Saturday
nnd Sunday. It will be warmer Saturday
n New England ana tne mi'iaie Aiianua
fltatea and colder from the Ohio Valley
aouthwestward through tne eaat uuir
States. It will' be, Colder Sunday In the
lake region and tho Ohio vauey.
nhnrvtlnn- at United Stataa Weather Du-
reau stations, taken at t 1. M. yesterday,
eerenty-flfth meridian time.
Temperature uamiau
Last 21 hrs. Bar- Last 24
Stations. IHch. Low. ometer.
Abllone 63 1 iOM
Albany 4 10 8(7.00
Atlantic City.. 32 18 SlUS
llaltlmoro .... 24 II 20.76
Bismarck 10 3 30.12
Ilnston 18 4 30.01
Buffalo 10 -t M.M
Charleston .... 2 40 U.T4
Chicago 28 2J 29.70
Cincinnati .... 42 0 2B.C)
Cleveland 24 13 20.44
Denver (0 4t 29.14
Detroit 10 10 J.M
(lalreeton .... M 13 29.90
I , . 1 ... AA Al
, 14 41
Jacksonville .. 72 M 29.IS
Kansas City .. 40 C 29.SS
Milwaukee ... 22 12 33.70
New Orleans., 10 . (1 29.00
Oklahoma . S6 34 29.98
Philadelphia . IS II 29.07
Pittsburg M 20 29.(0
Portland, Me. 10 4 30.12
Portland. Ore. 54 48 10.18
Salt Lake City 41 20 30.24
San Antonio,. 70 (4 29.98
San Diego 60 41 30.04
san Francisco 70 44 30.20
St. Louis 43 40 29.78
Washington ..22 It 29.7S
LOCAL VT RATHER ItECOnD.
A.M. 1. SL
Barometer 30. io i9.S5
Humidity 67 i
WInd-dlrertton N B
Wlnd-velorltr 12 10
Weather , Cloudy Snowing
rrecipltauon , 00 .07
The temperature tn this city yesterday. a
recorded ly the oftldal thermometer. Is shorn
n tbe anneied tame;
hrs. Woather.
.. Clear
.03 Snow
.,12 Snow
.08 Snow
,. Clear
Cloudy
.02 Clear
.08 Kaln
,08 Snow
.28 Cloudy
.20 Snow
.; Clear
.28 Cloudy
.10 Clear
.02 Rain
.01 Ilatn
.. Clear
.40 Snow
,ti Rain
.. Clear
,12 Snow
.44 Rain
Cloudy
Cloudy
,. Cloudy
.01 Clear
Clear
.-, Clear
.01 Cloudy
.14 Snow
ft
1
8 A M 8
9 A. M S
10 A. M 8
11 A. M 11
2 M 14
1930.
A. M 8
13 M II
i r. M IS
I P. M 16
2P..M 1!
II' M 18
4 P. M 15
5 P. M 17
1919.
t P. M IS
7 T. M IT
8 I'. M 18
9 T. M 15
10 P. M 19
1920. 1919.
31 P. M 14
37 9 P. M 19
43 12 Mid 20
Highest temperature. 20. at 11 P. M.
Lowest temperature. 8. at 7 A, M.
Average temperature, 16.
41
31
37
NAVAL CHIEF URGES
FORCE OF 143,000
Higher Pay Absolutely Essen
tail, Says Admiral.
Special Despatch to Tnr. Scv.
IVashinoton, Jan. 16. A naval
strength of 143,000 men during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1921, was recom
mended by Hear Admiral Thomas Wash
Ington, chief of the Ilureau of Naviga
tion, testifying before the House Naval
Committee to-day on the Naval Appro
priation bill.
To raise the strength ot the navy to
this figure higher pay must be voted all
officers nnd men, Admiral Washington
said. The morale of tho navy Is lower
than at any time In years because the
pay has not Increased In the correspond
ing ratio with the cost of living, he said.
"Because of the demand of ofTlccrs and
men that they bo allowed to return to
civil life, where greater financial remun-
eatlon can be obtained, the strength of
the navy Is down to 101,000 men," Ad
miral Washington told the committee.
"In addition, another 19,000 men, with
the expiration of their enlistments, must
be uifcnnrged before July 1 of tills year.
adouc n per cent, or the regular
navy omcers nave resigned since the
signing of the armistice. The number of
resignations accepltu numbers 403 and
66 are now pending. This of course does
not Include any naval reserve officers or
any or this class placed on Inactive
duty.
Creation of a new naval reserve, tho
members of which are to bo enrolled for
four years with the provision that they
must serve on active duty from twelve to
eighteen months of that time, also was
suggested. The limit of tho reserve was
placed at 26,954.
"The recommendations of the Knight
board on meaai nwaraa were unsatls
factory In general." Said Admiral Wash
ington. "My opinion Is that tho whole
navy would havo been better without
any medals.
EVENTS TO-DAY.
J
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Fnr Enat Mntla Here To-morrow.
Postmaster Patten announced yester
day that malls of the following dates,
Manila. December 7; Hongkong, Decem
ber IS; Mukden, December 25, nnd Yo
kohama, December 30, which arrived on
Ihe Fushlml, were despatched oast from
Seattle on JanUnry 11 and are duo In
New York to-morrow afternoon.
The Knrhantment of Distance.
From the Philadelphia rublic Ledger.
The question as to whether a thing Is a
moral Issue depends largely upon the dis
tance backward one travela for his stand
ards.
'SCHNEIDER IN SPIRIT ONLY.
I
, Joseph Jefferson's Dnughtcr Saji Hor
l Father ver Used n Dog.
E. Hajmonil Bossange will lecture on "Tha
Art of Louis XIV. and Modern America,"
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. at 4
P. M.
The 308th Infantry Post of the American
Legion will give a dance In the Twelfth
Regiment Armory, 120 West Sixty-second
street, ln the evening.
Squadron A annual Intertroop rifle match.
Armory Range, Madison avenue and Ninety
fourth street, 3 T. M.
Tribune Family, dinner of present and for
mer employees of the New York IVioune,
Hotel nlltmore. this evening.
Senator George E. Chamberlain ot Oregon
will be the principal speaker at the ninth
annuAl dinner of the Queens Borough Cham
ber of Commerce, Hotel Commodore. 7 P. M.
Vteese Clerel de Tocquevllle on "Guy da "
Maupassant and Mme. Leconte de Nouy,"
the last of a series of lectures on "French
Aristocracy and Its Influence on Literature."
under the auspices of the French Institute
in the United States. C99 Fifth avenue. 11
A. M.
Osteopathic Society of the City of New
York, meeting for the discussion Of clinics.
35 East Thirty-second street. S:30 P. M.
Dr. Sidney Pchlff on "Immorality or
Morality." before the Cultural Club. Cen
tral Institute. 1", East Elahtv-flfth street.
thla evenlnr.
Mayor iiyian win receive "rreeiaent ds
Valera of the Irish Republic" and give Wm
the free-lnm of the city. City Hall. noon.
Lej Kellbres-Les Allobroaes. (worn I annual
Joint hall of the two French rodetles, Mten
nerchnr Hall 207 East Flfty-elxth atreet. 9
P M.
Prince Sarath-Ghosh on "Siberia and
Asiatic Rusla; the Vast Natural Recources,"
illustrated lerture, nusplcee of the American
Museum of Natural History. Seventy-seventh
ptrect and Central Pirk West. 8:16 p. M.
Dr. Werner Marchand on "Trnea of Jin!.
msl Orranliatlon Poonges as Cell-Ague-gates,"
Manhattan Trad School Auditorium,
Lexlnaton avenue and T cnty-aecond atreet.
8:15 P. M.
Second meeting of women called to assist la
the forming of the Committee of One Thou
ssnd. with sn executive committee of two
hundred, to nork for the success of Use Demo
cratlc csndldstes In the mining Presidential
campaign. Waldorf.Astcrls, 3:30 P. M.
Mr. Rlchsrd Turdy, Shakespearian, reader,
will deliver "Julius CVsar" at the Woodstock
Library, 739 Ilat 100th street, 8:15 P. M.
Kree tn the pnhlic.
Modern rs ntlnis. nsstels and water nln..
collected by Mr. Rolsnd C. Lincoln, on fre
view until the dste of ssle (January 231, at
Ihn American Art Galleries, MadlsOa Souara"
South
Maurice Materllnrk on "Some N Vl.
on Immortalltv and the Soul of Animals "
for the benefit of the New York Women's
i.cHK!i: inr rtimiiBiw, at ine nome or Sirs.
James Speyer. 1051 Fifth avenoo. 3:30 P. M
American Flying Club, tea dance In coopers
tlon with the Women's National Automobila
Aisoctatlon, In the clubhouse, 11 Eaat Thlrtv.
olshth street. 4 P. M. nijij.
New York State Dnr Association, sessions
In the Bar Building, 42 West Forty.fonrtli ,
Jrert. 9:30 A. M. and 2 P. M. ; dinner at tTa
Hotel Astor. 7:30 v. M. r "
J11""?1 concert, donated by John
D. Rockefeller. Jr.. and conducted by Davd'
Mannea, Metropolitan Museum of Art this
evenlnr. '
Grand Itusslsn conrert-ball tnr ft, hi.ia, -.
the "Fund for the Relief of V. VV.1: "a
an.l Scientists In ltmsls." Hotel dea AttlilM
1 West Slitvsnventh street. J.a) p. M.
Franklin. Simon 4b Co. snnusl entertainment
and dsmj. benefit of the emergtney "eHct 4
fund of the SMoclstlon. Central Opera Hotuew
2i5 Fat Slstv.eventh street. S! p jt"0Me'
Frank A. Vsnderlln on "Furore ami it,.
Cnlted Slates." auantee. of ViT "r-.i
Political Education. Camegle Hall, ti A If
mSKCorVn,,T o"' dlnn"' notel'Com-
United Dtiurhlera of the Confederacy r.
cent'on. Hotel Astor. 4 P. M. "lraerc3r'
naaginat i,ayw Aid Society, dance ami
buffet sunno- Itnll Xttnr a it F " anu
AimnhanpCMb 0rcncs,ra-' dln' Hotel Mc-
Afnrn,lc7;Si,?t"M sittT- dlnnr' nM "
pZeji PI Society, bridge. Hotel McAlnln, 2
P.-icher Institute, class of ISIS limeb.m
Hotel MeAlpin. 1 P. M. ' lunc,lon.
ATn?S P."m. Ph' S0Cl,ly' dnce' Ho,' Mo '
Brooklyn' institute of Arts and Sciences
leetu-fi bv Thomas E .M,1H ,.N5?7.nres.
Ing and Aviation in Peare, War and K'
mrce." Brooklyn Anulemv Af Afn-iJ"? P!'
Semi-annual style .how and convention ot
!M vUl A"0iMon- "" MartlmVef
ii?.' .Clu!' ,f MoTan Line, dinner
I!n'l IVnnylv!nln 7PM "hkt.
7.lomt Own'int'ii'i of America m-.li...
and siippr. I'ntI Pennsylvania. 7 P M ' 1
;Iubnt.ln Club, eontrt. Waldorf. Astoria.
I
Welcomed Winter Visitors.
From the Barber County (Kan.) Index.
Km Cola and Bill Wheat war New
Tear's eallera In town.
To the Kditor or Tuc Xvssir: In I PUBLIC LECTURES TO-NIOHT
llshcd ln THE SUN regarding the appear-j
"Siberii and
Sarath Ghoh.
Asiatlo Kul " . hi
...... ...... ...uruill. OCT
anco oi a uog on me siago in the play ) rcntli street and Central Park West' lti,,i-'
of "Itlp Van Winkle" as presented by ' tratcl ""'' m-
my father. Joseph Jefferson. I wish to v&Wl&ffi&
sav that no dog of tiny descrlnt on wns i Eishth street and Fourth n ""iui.
ever used on tho stage.
JossrittNE Jeiterson.
SIONTCLAin, N. J., January 16.
Current History." bv Dr. vtJ,,. t i,...
New York Library. C05 West llh itreeL
"The Extension of an Empire." br rw
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