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New-York tribune., 1918-12-23
National Banks
Resources Total
Sl9,821, 100000
Combined Holdings of Such
Institutions in Ten Other
Countries Exceeded in
U. S., Controller Reports

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.--Resources
Of the national banks of the country on
November l, the date of the last call,
aggregated s19 1921 .2o4.oOO, Controller of
the Currency Williams announced to-
day. This not only was new high rec
ord, but was an increase of S1,777,7 ,799,-
600 over the total shown by the call last
August 81
The resources of the national banks
of the United States, Mr.. Williams said,
exceed the combined aggregate re-
sources of the national banks. of issue of
England, the Dominion of Canada,
France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway,
Sweden, Denmark, Japan and Germany,
as shown by their latest available re-
ports
Mr. Williams also said that the ma
tonal banks resources were $1,000,000,-
600 less than the combined resources Of
all state and other banks and trust
companies in the country, as shown by
their reports of June, 1917, and that in
the last five years the growth Of the re-
sources of the national institutions had
been greater than the increase which
took place in the preceding twenty five
years
During the present year. the Con
troller's report said, only one national
bank in the entire country had failed,
that being a small institution in Cali
forna. This was declared to be the
best record since 1870.
Returns from the national banks on
November /, Mr. Williams said, as COM
pared to those on last August 81.
showed:
Deposits, s15,o51 100000, an increase CT
Sl,165 900, 900
Loans and discounts. s1oo97 100000 an
increase of S603. 100000.
Capital. surplus and undivided profits.
$23l 5 900 900, an increase of $33 900, 900
Bills payable and rediscounts. Sl567,-
600 900, an increase of 1918 900 ,000 the
borrowings being principally on Liberty
bonds and certificates of Indebtedness.
Total holdings Of United States bonds
including Liberty bonds and certificates of
Indebtedness. S3,l56, 600, 900, an increase of
500 900 900
Circulation of all national banks No
vember !. S675 900 900. an increase of ap-
proximateIy 800. 900 900.
Lawful reserve held by national banks
with Federal Reserve banks. ST. 101 900, 900.
reserve held amount required, $780,
100000, reduction of S38 600, 600.
Cash in vaults and due from Federal Re
serve banks, S1.803 900. 900. an increase of
S131. 100000.
Mr.. Williams said the increase in re-
sources is widely distributed through
out the nation, the country banks show
ing a material increase in every state
except four-Nebraska, Kansas, Ohio
and lllinois-and in these the decrease
was small
New-York tribune., 1918-12-23
Colleges Will Resume
Training U. S. Officers
Reserve Corps Will Replace
5. A. t. c. Work in 800
Educational Institutions
NeU York Tribune
Washington Bureau

washington Bureau
W WASHINGTON, Dec 22.-Morc than
half of the universities, colleges and
other educational institutions which
had uits of the Students Army Train
ing Corps will continue military in
struction by organizing units of the
Reserve Officers Training Corps, the
War Department announced to-day.
Before the war there were about. one
hundred and fifteen units of the Re
serve Officers Training Corps in "a
various colleges. About one hundred
OF these are now being established ID
and applications have been received for
about two hundred new units.
One important change is being
worked out. This will allow the units
to specialize in training officer ma
terial for the various corps of the
army, such as the field artillery. en-
gineers. signal corps, coast artillery
ordnance, medical corps and military
aeronautics. instead of the uniform
training for infantry which was the
rule before the war
In addition to the collegiate units
plans are now under way to establish
Junior units in secondary schools. City
high school corps are already estab-
lished in Boston, Chicago, Denver and
other cities.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-23
Weir Predicts Planes
Will Rival Trains
NeW York Tribune
European Bureau

european bureau
Copyright l9IS. New York Tribune Inc
LONDON, Dec. 22.-Lord Weir's
prophecy on the future of flying has
evoked many expressions of regret on
his leaving the Office of Air Minister,
where imagination and foresight are
needed greatly. The two main points
in his statement are the intlmar on
that Great Britain has submitted to
her allies articles for the Internaton-
al Air Convention and also that within
few months the principal nations
will have reached an agreement on the
regulations of international flying
The speech brought home to the pub
lice the immensely and increase in the
strength Of the flying forces, which
consisted in 1914 of 285 officers and
coo officers and 100000 men. Lord
Weir limited that until the interna
tional convention nd until legislation
governing domestic air traffic is
passed there will be no private flying.
He suggested that while a new de-
partment should succeed the present
air ministry in acting as supreme au-
thority for the development of do
mestic flying it is of the utmost i'm
portance that civil aviation should not
become a government monopoly.
He drew a picture of the time not
far hence when air transport will rival
and even surpass land and water
transport, but that navigation will al
ways remain the chief problem, al
though Handley Page to-day predicts
"within five years time high powered q
aeroplanes will be entirely indepen-
dent of wind and weather"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-23
blg.-nist May Be Liberated
Nuremberg Must Give Alimony
Bond for No. | if He Visits No. 2

VSSlNlNG. Dec 22.-Sam Nieren-
SFgs Christmas visit to the Chicago
"' Nuremberg is contingent upon
Ns NNnls giving the New York Mrs.
SSa,sfenberg, who is responsible for
~in. Ssm presence in Sing Sing as biga-
a. aif''.' a Christmas present in the shape
sii,s bond guaranteeing to pay her
ss,,"Uhy e. sHy every week. Sam is trying to
c ;.nings up, as he wants to spend
'W1lSStmas WSmas with his Chicago family.
IN" "nen Judge Mott sentenced Sam
sSNo sV Years ago he imposed a fine of
ya.s. vow as we'll as sentence of two
annss aun.s Imprisonment. In view Of the
ywfiRIliOach Of Christmas Judge Mott is
tang to remit the fine if the Ma
baa' bod' Desertion Bureau agrees. That
oy has promised to interpose no
sn .Guon ai:on if Sam will come across with
siInmony bond.
fses s Gam figures it, by the time he has
prssau psu mat bond up as Christmas
tbsse tbsseht Tor Mrs. Nuremberg No.
as 'a' CS %ill be nothing left but Just Sam
enbs .Nnrlstmas present for Mrs. Nier-
.HoeFg No. 2. W.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-23
Mrs. Belmont Aids Swindler
Governor Says He Released Man
at Request of Chief Victim

Governor Whitman announced yes
terday that Herbert Reeves, formerly
an attorney Of Brooklyn, who was con-
victed as Il swindler, owes his com
mutation of sentence to the interces-
sion of Mrs. 0. H. P. Belmont, the
principal victim of his schemes. She
lost between $4,000 and $4,000
through the forgeres and embezzle-
ments of Reeves, who was counsel to
the Model Building Company, of Mott
Haven.
"Snce she, as the person most in
Jured, appealed to me in his behalf y
said the Governor. II commuted his
sentence. For man of his previous
standing his punishment, not only the
sixteen months actual imprisonment,
but the loss of his law practise. his
standing at the bar and everything
that goes to make for the success of a
lawyer, ! consider to have been yery
severe. | thought that in view of this
he has been adequately punished"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-23

Is now called upon to adopt legislative
protection for the workers at least
equal to the minimum protection ex-
tended to labor in allied countries,
again our friendly rivals in the worlds
markets.
"Amcng the measures pressing for
Immediate action are the vocational
abilitation of crippled industrial
workers as provided in the Smith
Bankhead bill, now pending in Con
gresa; the further DEVELOPMENT by
legislation of Federal-state employ
ment service On an adequate permanent
basis as a safeguard against ever
recErrng unemployment crises. and
the carly enactment by the states OF
Wcl hmcr' S n(alth insurance laws to
bring about health first movement
similar to the safety first campaign
stimulated by workmen's compensation
legislation"
Proment Men to Speak
Awong the prominent men and wom-
en- who VIII attend this years confer
ence are Professor Samuel McCune
Lindsay, of Columbia, now serving with
the Bureau of War Risk Insurance
who will speak of state -administered I'd
health insurance, with particular refer
ence to the Lloyd George act in Eng
land: Don D. Lescohier. Of Wisconsin
University; Ordway 1ead, of the Indus
trial Research Bureau at Washington
Nathan A. Smythc, assistant director
L. s. Employment Service, on Demo
bilization and Prevention OF Onem-
rloyment"; Major Thomas l. Parkln-
son, of Columbia University; Dean
William Draper Lewis, of Philade 'phia
Robert B. Wolfe, of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation, and Professor Ed
ward A. Rass, of Wisconsin University
who will discuss labor reconstruction
from an international angle.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-23
'"'f'e" to Head Auplane Trip
10 Photograph the North Pole

tween the Atlantic and the Arabian
Sea and from the African coastal lands
on the Mediterranean and Red seas to
not further than Moscow on the other
side, about 5000 square miles in all.
ne maps of the time show that geog-
raphers believed the American CONT
nent to be China and India.
To-day our geographic knowledge
Is extensive but not complete The
tota area Of the land surface of the
earth, together with the unknown
parts of the Arctic and Antarctic re-
g'ons, which may be either land or
water is about 60,000,O0 square miles.
or this only about 100000 square
N, miles have been scientifically mapped.
This is roughly one-seventh. OF the
remainder about 100000 miles have
been mapped from less reliable sur
veys, chiefly non-topographical, about
oS,00O,o0O miles have been mapped
only from route traverses and sketches.
and 100000 miles are entirely un-
surveyed and unmapped.
AT the pace aeronautics is de-
veloplng we may expect that within
twenty years aircraft will be plying
across the oceans and deserts and
landing cargoes Of goods and passen-
gers In what are now the most in
accessible places"
Has Been North Before
Captain Robert A. Bartlett, who will
cad the expedition, was born at Brigus,
Newfoundland. in 1875, and was edu-
Gated at the Methodist College at ST.
Johns. HIS first polar exploration was
IN company with Peary in 1897, with
whom nc. went again in the success full
trip terminating in April, 1909. He
was commander Of the Roosevelt at
New-York tribune., 1918-12-23
continued from page I

~ registered temperature cooler than
oo degrees above zero.
II Is most amazing to find bo .,;a
'""' Tor period of the year in the
N''uc regions the weather is NOT as
cold as it is in New York durino tho
months of October and November and
'hat the plan to fly across the ton Of
me .i earth would really be a comparo-
'VeIy 1',IyS easy thing to do.
:, "efe are slN weeks of fair weather
r" ~ ,'uly and August when, even in the
GN 9'AI regions, 1T is seldom lower than
WV Hesrces above zero. For the six
thN WveNs AFTER the middle of July when
my III the Polar regions, the larwe
plane as we'll as the smaller ones viii
oe put INTO service, and the important
"o'h OF the expedition will be done
According to Edward A. Reeves. man
curator OF the Royal Geographical So
ciety, England. only one seventh Of thc
earth S surface has been accurateIv
mapped, and two thirds have heen
mapped only from rough sketches and
'ne remainder has not been SURVEYED
at all '"' 'eSeo
The aircraft Will make II poss;ble
10 DO IN twenty years what would re-
Vuire sou wears with the usual meth
oos. Progress II exploration and map
ping has been SLOW mp
Progress Has Been Slow
ne extent of geographic knowledrc
@' 'h0 time of Homer about seven
centuries r. C.-~was limited to few
n'ieS and tho prevalent idea was that
New-York tribune., 1918-12-23

the earth was fat surface surrounded
by an endless ocean, with all kinds of
awful beasts barring the progress of
travellers. The entire world, as far as
they knew, consisted of Greece, Rome,
the western coasts of Asia Minor,
Egypt and coastal lands along the
Mediterranean and the Red seas, but
they had no actual geographic knowl-
edge.
"Two thousand years later. before
Columbus sailed from Spain on that
eventful trip which resulted in the dis
coVery of America, geographic knowl-
edge was still very limited. The world
as known then consisted Of the land be-
New-York tribune., 1918-12-23

that time. He was captain of the polar
ship karluk, which was crushed in the
ice in January, 1914, near Wrangel
the island.
With an Esquimau Captain Bartlett
crossed on the ice to Siberia, returning
the following September with rescue
party. He also was commander of the
ship used by Donald B. Macmillan and
last winter was commended by Jose
phus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy,
for getting the Favorite out of the ice
at Halifax He also has been the re-
cipient of many Geographic Society
medals.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-23

into the home of Mrs. Catherine Con-
inc, 1856 Canal Street, Stapleton,
Staten Island. gagged and bound her,
and escaped with $40, all they could
find though they threatened to kill
her unless she told where her money
was hidden.
When the men entered, Mrs. Coninc
was able to get to the telephone before
she was overpowered, and scream
Come quick, for Gods sake; I'm be
ing murdered" The call was traced to
her home, where police found her lying
helpless on the sofa. She was able to
give the police fairly good descrip-
ton of the men.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-23
President Masaryk Makes
Solemn Entry Into Pragu.

PARIS, Saturday, Dec. 21-Pro-
fessor Thomas G. Masaryk, President
of the newly-formed Republic of
Czecho- Slovakia, has made his solemn
entry into Prague, according to ad-
vises received here to-day from that
city.
The Ordway new era., 1918-05-17
AnlmaI,s Eyes.

The eyes of an animal can only work
together when they can be brought to
bear upon an object at the same time;
so that. as a rule, the eyes Of a fish
must work more or less independently.
This is sometimes also the case when
the eyes can cooperate. as anyone who
watches a plaice or other fiat fish In
an aquarium will soon discover.
Many animals possess more than
two eyes, which do not act together. A
leech. for example. has ten eyes on the
top of its head. which do not work in
concerts and a kind of marine worm
has two eyes on the head and a row
down each side of the body. Some liz
ards have an extra eye on the top of
the head, which does not act with the
other two. A bee or wasp has two
large, compound eyes,. which possibly
help each other. and are used for near
vision, and also three little simple eyes
on the top of the head. which are en-
ployed for seeing things long way
of. They are well eqipped.
The Ordway new era., 1918-05-17
Romantic Mississippi Valley.

1t is not surprising that the Mlssis-
sippI valley should prove far more re-
sponsive to the chimes of romance
than to the harsh clang of realism.
The West in itself is romance. vir-
ginia's claims to recognition as the
chief field of tourney for romance In
America totter before the history of a
vast area whose soberest chronicles
are enlivened by the most enthralling
adventures and a long succession of
picturesque characters. The French
voyageur. on his way from Canadh
by lake and river to clasp hands with
his kinsmen of the Lower Mississippi;
the American pioneers, with their own
heroes-George Rogers Clark, Mad An
thony Wayne and "Tippecanoe" Har-
rison; the soldiers of Indian wars and
their sons who fought in Mexico In
the '40s; the men who donned the
blue In the COS; the Knights of the
Golden Circle, who kept the war gov
ernors anxious in the border states
these all unroll upon tapestry crowd
ed with romantic strife and Stress
Meredith Nicholson in Scribner's Mag
azine.
The Ordway new era., 1918-05-17

are just as disastrous In ecoL omic and
Industrial systems as In affairs of
state. The freedom of the individual
is vital in democracy, but equally so
is Its necessary Limitation of noninter-
ference with the liberty of others. And
this principle must hold in financial
and commercial as well as in personal
relations. The freedom for which nur
fathers contended was freedom of the
mind, not liberty TO use stored-up
wealth or wide-ranging combination as
instruments of Industrial or social OPP
preston. The theory and practice Of
CO operation must bind society togeth-
er es e r.suEt unite the nations of the
world. For equality. freedom and JUS
tice to all men and all races form the
conditions under which civilization
may endure.
War Must Bring Great Changes.
The great war must bring many
great changes. Behind every war
turks n revolution" We may see uni
versal revolution or universal collapse.
The precepts of Jesus and the religion
associated with his name must have
none. The hope of the world is that
this meaning is real and that the
inevitable social revolutions may be
bloodless, while the institutions they
sweep away may be precisely those
which most impede human advance
ment.
Democracy may not necessarily
build up great nations, but permanent
greatness can rest on no other founda-
ton. For the future the people must
indeed be everything.
In the prophetic words OF Barbusse:
THE 30.OOO.0OO slaves hurled upon
one another In the mud sf war by
guilt and error shall uplift their hu-
man faces and at last reveal the germ
of determining will. The future is
In the hands of these slaves. The al
lance to be cemented some day by
those whose numbers and whose mis-
cry alike are Infinite will transform
the whole worldw
The Ordway new era., 1918-05-17
Simple Glass Cement.

The amateur worker who desires
to make a trough or tank, or to repair
dishes and receptacles of glass or
other material for Photographic
purposes. may be glad to know of an
old recipe for producing suitable
cement for the purpose. Take about
half n pound of finely puiverized
stone and glass lin equal proportion,
|. e.. n quarter pound of each), aLd
after thoroughly mixing 1t with four
ounces of sulphur, subject the COM
pound to moderate heat until the
sulphur melts. At this point stir
well until the whole Is homogeneous,
and then pour Into a mold until re-
quired for use. When actually
wanted 1t should be reheated to 24s
degrees Fahrenheit, at which tempera-
ture 1t melts freely. and used in the
usual manner according to the nature
Of the particular work In hand. This
cement is recommended as being alb
solutely impervious to water 1t resists
acids and all atmospheric action, Is not
affected by boiling water. and even at
temperature of 800 degrees 1t holds
firmly and remains hard.
The Ordway new era., 1918-05-17

The path of designers. who are al
ways looking for something new and
beautiful, has been made much easier
than usual this season. Contributions
of two materials, or two kinds of one
material, in single garment account
for it. The spring and summer styles
were inaugurated by displays that
featured these contributions and we
have benefited by them in several
ways-in inexpensive and original
frocks that are attractive. and In re-
modelled dresses that double the length
Of service of at least one of the fab
RIGS used in them. The styles never
favored the remodeling of frocks more
than they do now.
Usually sheer material like chif-
fon cloth. georgette crepe, voile or net
is made up with a heavier goods and
the refinement of these sheer fabrics
lends tone to others as familiar and
commonplace rs serge or gingham.
This makes them an immensely valu-
able resource of the professional and
the home dressmaker. There is no
end to the ways in which materials
have been combined in coats and
frocks. voile and gingham, georgette
and satin. chiffon cloth and light WOOL
ems have proved so successful that
they promise long reign of combi-
nations in the realm of fashions.
The afternoon gown pictured here
shows how well suited to each other
satin and georgette are in fashioning
a lovely and simple frock. One is as
Important as the other In the design
half the skirt is of satin and half of
crepe and their honors are even in
the bodice also. The sleeves are of
crepe with deep cuffs of satin. Wher-
ever the two materials are brought to-
gether they are Joined by band of
embroidery In a scroll and flower pat
tern. made with long. quickly placed
stitches Of heavy embroidery silk. No
dress could present fewer difficulties
to the home dressmaker. When ging-
ham and fine cotton voile are used to-
gether. hemstitching, very narrow GRO
chet or cluny lace. or tatting are ef-
fective for Joining them. There is
much joy In made-over frock that
The Ordway new era., 1918-05-17

workers are helping to keep up. the
spirit of the men in the army:
"'Just line to let you know that I
received your letter, notifying me that
the - Red Cross would look after
my wife and children, which takes
load off my shoulders and makes me
look at my duties and the future with
n brighter eye, eager to strike the foe
and win, knowing that no matter what
happens my family will not suffer
through my not waiting to be called.
If had been single would have been
in 1t at the start, but l guess there's
lots of fun yet. So thanking you again
for the promptness you have shown, L
will close with best wishes to you and
the work you have undertaken.
Sincerely yours.
".PRIvATE ROBERT DUNCAN.
A Worried Soldier is Poor Soldier.
Soldiers have bodies that get cold;
therefore they need sweaters; they get
hurt or sick, therefore they need surgi-
cal dressings; but they have also
minds and hearts that center on the
folks back home; they become anxious
and discouraged about the welfare or
wives, children, mothers, brothers, Sis
tiers. "A worried soldier is poor sol
dier,' says General Pershing. The Red
Cross can help to keep up the morale
of the men by protecting and aiding
their families"
The Ordway new era., 1918-05-17
G.A~ &zz@Az
Glove Extravaaance.

There are dress economists who be-
lieve the resuscitation of the short
sleeve forecasts saving of material.
Perhaps. But, on the other hand,
there are any number of women who
VIII fight shy Of the coquettish little
sleeve that terminates Its brief career
somewhere between elbow and shoul-
der. To them 1t means the addition of
long gloves or the adoption of
guimpe with net, lace or organdie un-
der sleeve showing below the gown
sleeve. And gloves cannot be put in
the category of reasonable adjuncts-
no. not even If one Is willing to fore
go kid, and substitute silk or cotton.
The Ordway new era., 1918-05-17

Red Cross Clippings is the title or
a small paper published in Philadel-
phia, to help make the work of the
PENNSYLVANIA division efficient and fur
ther the usefulness of the American
Red Cross In war and civilian relief.
Here are two intensely interesting
items from It's publication of March 30,
which will make every member of the
American Red Cross proud of this mar
velous organization and more anxious
than ever to work for it:
Home Service Grows.
Like young David Copperfeld. home
service has 'growed out O. knowledge
since the first of the year. AT the end
of January, home service sections in
the Pennsylvania division were giving
help of one kind and another to more
than 1000 soldiers and sailors fam
lilies, and at the end of February the
number of families had increased to
$500.
"This increase in numbers is. In a
way, measure of the increase of con-
fidence In the ability of the Red Cross
to help solve family problems. and 1t
also shows that the Red Cross Is prov
Ing worthy of the confidence and reli-
ance that soldiers and their families
place in them. The following letter VI
the division director of civilian relief
shows how Red Cross home service
The Ordway new era., 1918-05-17
Hats Of Fabric.

Fabrics are greatly used by the mil
liners. and whole hats. crowns and
brims are fashioned of georgette crepe,
chiffon, satin, tulle or whatever the
designer happens to fancy. Georgette
and crepe de chine are, perhaps. more
used than any of the other materials,
always excepting nets and laces, and a
hat entirely covered with crepe and
showing straw only in the facing of
the brim is sometimes untrimmed, save
for drapery and knot of the crepe.
Lovely colored silks are used for the
draped toQues which are so much In
vogue.