davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
Herald Readers 4
Discuss Topics ,
of Live Interest
Should Tax Churches to Save Them
from Destruction, Declares
j. w. M.
To THE EDITOR OF THE Herald

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
1t is by no means incompatible with re-
ligious conviction to advocate the taxa ble-
ness OF buildings for Christian worship
Dorothy Clark askD:--"Why tax
church,"
Because, with so much poverty in the
community, our lavish churches are
burlesque on religion. Modest edifices,
where they are most needed, instead OF
one elaborate structure in fashionable
quarter will be substituted if church
property is assessed.
Because exemption from taxation Is
virtually state support, which is opposed
by our constitution.
Because, as Franklin said, When re-
ligion is good and God does not care TO
support it so, so its professors are Obliged
to call for help from the civil power, !
am apprehensive that it is bad one"
Because, quoting Garfield, THE divorce
between Church and State should be abb
solute. If you exempt property Of any
church organization, you impose a tax on
the whole community
Because without taxation confiscation
will be inevitable. j. w. NJ.
Boonton, N. j., Jan. "a, 1920.
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
Naturalization Fails in England.

The London Mining Journal has made
a study Of Epglands socialstic plan Of
government control Of British coal mines.
This scheme of naturalization was forced
upon the government by labor radicals.
The schemes were radical and revolu-
tionary. The result has been an abso-
lutte storpsrc of many mines which might
otherwise have been successful producers.
IL is reported that the net loss in coal
production thus far in England has ag-
gregstcd fully seven years Of normal pro
duction. II is predicted that ten years
hence the restricted output still will be
felt throughout all Great Britain
The report is current IN England that
il the present conditions continue the
Taboritcs, who arc responsible for the
scheme. will oppose ITS continuance. The
breach between tho coal operators and
the Government Control Committee Is
growing wider, and even In Wales Ihc
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
No More "Pork.,

While urging the people to economize, it
is gratifying TO note that Congress has
taken first step toward economy. The
House OF Representatives has cut out all
''pork' in the River and Harbor bill and
agreed to measure carrying only
S12, ,4OOOO for maintenance and continu-
ance of work on projects under way. This
is the smallest appropriation carried in n
River and IIorbor hill for many years.
IT is notorious that River and Harbor
bills have been pork bills. Often they
have reelied with appropriations made for
visionary and political purposes. Mem
bcrs Of Congress have employed this
annual measure to win political favor in
their districts The late Proctor Knott
made himself and Duluth famous by
rdiculing out of Congress piece of River
and Harbor "pork.'
In view Of the fact that the United
States government will begin the fiscal
year 1927 with deficit of at least
S3,OOO.OOO,nOO aud estimated expenses
for that year will be $1,000. 900, ,O0O-a
total Of $4,000. 900 0CO-and remembering
that the estimated revenue of the govern
mcnt will bc not over $4,000, 10000 the
question arises, Where is the other
81, ,OoO, 100000 to be obta ined? Economy
and saving are needed in oil dcpa rtmcnts
OF the federal government.
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
LONESOME NEW YORK.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Why Is New York such lonesome city
to most visitors? / have travelled extern
sively-all over the world-and never have
been SO lonesome as when in the gresr
metropolis. am extremely fond OF music
art, literature and the other good things
OF life, including friends. but must say
tnat feel cry lonesome indeed when in
New York and yet tho people. especially
the ladies', seem to be q very decent sort
yet IL is so hard to get acquainted" WIZ
not start strangers club" or get ac-
quainted club TO further the brotherhood
of humanity? Life Is short at best, and
there should be q more friendly spirit in
evidence in the great metropolis.
GEORGE +. WATKINS, Jr.
Stamford. Conn, Jan "a, 1920
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
THE MRISH" PRESIDENT.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
I agree with "R. II. r." and "a j. F.
in regard to De Valera, self-called Pres
ident." In the first place. he escaped from
prison; In the second place. he is not Irish,
and why should he come to the Unitej
States to collect money, which is not to
be paid back unless Ireland is made free,
which will never be? And this man Hylan
is looking for Democratic votes, giving a
fake the freedom OF the city and also
guarding him like real President.
Why no one would recognize him IL he
walked up Broadway. Think I will rise
up as President" of Canada and collect
some easy millions for my own pocket
AS | understand it from a North of Ire
land party. it is simply religious ques-
ton.
1t is mighty funny the public should not
be saved from buying fake bonds like
these. q IT NJ
New York City, jan "a, 1920
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
SECRET DIPLOMACY.

To THE EDITOR or TIE lIERALp:-
The HERALD's exposure of the Wood
piles Secret" should be n lesson to the
American people and convince them that
in Europe the old diplomacy is still
operated as In tho past
Now that the Bolshcvists have made
headway. thanks To tho former attitude
of the Alles, England realizes that no
real barriers stand between the Red liordes
and her interests and that she must take
action against the common enemy.
II the HERALD had not warned the Amcri-
can government TO watch That Wood
pile" our boys might now be playing tho
game for the benefit Of the Old World.
All praise TO the NEW YoUK HERALD.
DAVIS STRONG.
New York City, jan a, 1890.
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
BISHOP BURCH CONFIRMS
146, HIS LARGEST CLASS
(specia, DESPATCH to the Herald J

POUGHKEEPsIE. N. Y. Sunday
Bishop Charles S. Burch today confirmed
in Christ Episcopal Church, this city, the
largest class which he has confirmed in
the nine years he has been a bishop. 1t
numbered 146 and as 80 persons came by
transfer there were 19S new members re-
ceived. The Bishop said that up to today
his largest confirmation class at one time
was at the Episcopal Chapel Of the Inter
cession, Broadway and 155tr street, New
York city. which numbered l26.
At Christ Church the great number were
prepared for confirmation by the Rev. DIR.
Alexander G. Cummins, the rector. To-
day also marked the twentieth anniversary
of his rectorship in this city.
Bishop Burch made short address ex-
pressing his Joy over the unusual addition
Of members.
Bishop Burch went from this city TO
Rhnebeck. n. Y, for another confirma-
ton service in the church there.
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
HERALD MAIN OFFICE.
Herald Square. Telephone 6O0O-Greeley.
HERALD BRANCH OFFICES.

For receipt of advertisements and sale Of
HARLEM oFFICE-No. 205 WEST 125TH
STREET.. NEAR SEVENTH AVENUE. Tel. 704
-Morningside. Open until 10 L. NJ.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS oFFICE-NO. 5s5
VEST 1SlST STREET Tel eo9s-wadsworth.
powSTowN oFFICE-No. eoe BROADWAY
BRooKLYS oFFIcE-iNo' o.: "a COURT STREET
Tel; 545s-Aiain; Open until 10 ?. n,
BRONX OFFICE-NO. 51S WILLIS AVENUE.
At i4sT1I STREET Tel. 9666-Melrose. Open
nv wasHI IT S;cTdS (; ~ s1rREAr-rs. HERALD No.
's2 II street y. w.
PlRiENo. 40 Avenue de ropera No. 3s Rue
au I.ouvr.
LpNDON-The HERALD, No. 100 Fleet street.
JERSEY ClTI-Postal Telegraph Co., No. 90
Montgomery street
rtffIADbLPIlIA-The North American
here are about go advertisement receiving
atiOns located throughout New York city and
vicinity wh re HERALD advertisements Will be
received al office rates and forwarded for pub
IrItlon.
Advertisements for the Philadelphia North Amer
Sean. Baltimore sun ana Pittsburg Post received
a} thr HERALD office at regular rates.
The New York herald., 1920-01-26

advocating the overthrow of the govern
ment of the United States" is not alone
necessary to bring the members of the
Communist organization within the scope
of the present law. "There must be be-
lief in teaching or advocating the over
throw of the government by force
Examinations of the facts reveals the ad-
mission by those arrested of membership
in the Communist organization and that
the Communists are affiliated with the
Communist international" The federal
act of October 16, 1918, provides that
'aliens who are members of or affiliated
with any organization that entertains
belief in, teaches or advocates the over
throw by force or violence of the govern
ment of the United States shall, upon the
warrant of the Secretary of Labor, be
taken into custody and deported.'
From the Communist documents sub
mitted to the Secretary of Labor it is
clearly demonstrated that sit is the pur-
pose Of the Communist party to overthrow
the government of the United States"
How? Not by parliamentary processes,
for "they are to be discarded or used for
purposes only and other
means adapted for overthrowing the
government of the United States Ac-
cording to the Secretary Of Labor, "the
of power of the state is to be ac-
complished by the mass power of the pro-
letariat" This programme involves mass
strikes, the destruction of capitalism and
the employment of force, "and direct con-
fliet with the government machinery in
open combat"
Can any language be more plain? The
only rational conclusion is that the Com
munist organization believes in, teaches
and advocates ''the overthrow by force or
violence of the government of the United
States"
Under the circumstances and the law,
the only sane and safe thing for the gov
ernment to do is to deport these undesir-
ables. 1t is only necessary for an alien
to plot to overthrow the government anoI
to the doctrines which, if per-
mitted to prevail, might lead to force and
violence against the government. The
late Theodore Roosevelt once said =
He who does not believe the name
American the most honorable title has
no business to bear the name at all,
and if he comes from Europe the
sooner he goes back there the better.
We have right, and it is our
duty, to demand that he the conner
from Europel shall not compromise
the issues with which we are strug-
Cling by introducing among us Old
World Quarrcls and prejudices.
One Of the most striking clauses in a
recent decision of the United States Su-
preme Court on the prohibition question
was that government has the power not
only to prohibit but to prevent
America has again reached point
where it must be decided whether an alien
may be permitted to remain and plot
against the land which harbors him and
to SO far forget his duties and obligations
as to assist in spreading doctrines which
mean national death.
If only Tie knife can save a patients
life. the surgeon should use it, II only
deportation can save Americas life.
America should employ ii. 1t is better to
strain the covenant than to destroy the
temple. for if the temple is destroyed the
covenant is destroyed also.
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
What Name. Please.
(The Louisville Times.)

Che Louisville Times)
The Times belief that the New York
Sun ard the New York Herald are to
tie merged, grows stronger. Immediately
after his recent purchase of the HERALD.
Mr.. Munsey. owner of the Sun, announced
that his policy in reference to the ex-
pected merger had not been definitely
formed, but at this distance it seems that
things are shaping toward consolidation.
Putting the two papers together would be
in line with modern ideas Of business effic-
iency in cutting down expenses by pre-
venting duplication in news, feature and
printing costs.
Fortunately for the success Of the possi-
BILE, or probable, merger, is the fact that
the Sun and the HERALD have appealed
alike to an intellectual following. The
HERALD, perhaps. has been more aggres-
sive in the past in getting first-hand news
stories that attracted national attention,
as witness the sending of Henry NJ STAN
ley to Africa as reporter and rescuer:
but the Sun has evened up by maintaining
margin of literary distinction in its
handling of news and being far more bril-
liant editorially. Comparisons heer are
not invidious for there was excellence in
both.
Assuming that the change just made in
the makeup of the HERALD, bringing 1t
into conformity with that of the Sun,
foretells even closer coordination, it is
easy to appreciate the difficulty Mr..
Munsey faces in deciding on the name OF
the merged papers. The Sun and the
HERALD are names immortal in American
journalism. To drop either would be to
forfeit a trade mark of incalculable value
in money and in sentiment. The Sun
Herald; how about that?
The New York herald., 1920-01-26


WASHINGTON, d. c., Sunday.-Except
in Florida high pressure continues from
the plains and West Gulf States eastward,
with the crest over Ontario. There has.
however. been a decided fall from the
Mississippi Valley westward, with we'll
defined depression over Montana. It is
much colder in the Atlantic States and
continues cold in the lake region, the GEN.
trail valley and the Gulf States. In the
West it is warmer. very much so in Ne
braska, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming
and Eastern Colorado. where the tempera-
cures are. from twenty degrees to fifty
four degrees higher than on Saturday
There were general rains and SHOWS in
the Atlantic and East Gulf States. the
snow extending into North Carolina. There
were light SHOWS and rains In the extreme
Northwest and rains in the North Pacific
States. Elsewhere the weather was faT.
With the eastward movement OF the
Northwest disturbance, snow may be ex-
rected Monday and Tuesday in the upper
lake region and Monday night or Tuesday
in the Ohio Valley and lower lake region,
probably extending as far as western
New England by Tuesday night.
To the southward the weather will be
generally fair Monday and Tuesday. ex-
cept in the South Atlantic States, where
rains arc probable Monday. II will be
colder Monday in Florida and warmer in
the upper lake region and the lower Ohio
Valley. and generally. warmer Tuesday
east OF the Mississippi River. except in
South Florida. Storm warnings are dis
played on the Atlantic coast from the Nir-
ginia Capes to Jacksonville.
winds orr the Atlantic Coast.
North of Sandy Hook = Moderate to
fresh north and northeast winds, fair
weather.
Sandy Hook to Hatteras Fresh north
east winds, generally fair weather
The New York herald., 1920-01-26

William Butler Yeats, the
POETS Irish poet, who, like nearly
AND everybody else, is here to lee
PoLITIcs. ture, says that his country
has politics on the brain y
In staying out of politics himself Mr..
Yeats is departing from the factional ira
dition of Dante and Milton, so that he
really has no reason to deplore what he
appears to regard as the unliterary pre-
of his fellow countrymen.
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
Sun and Herald
Merger as Seen
by Other Papers
MIR. Munsey's Great Undertaking.
(ThE Mem YnrL. Isr-ihune


1t is not easy to overemphasize the
journalistic and public Importance of the
announcement which is made by Frank A.
Munsey concerning the future Of his two
great newspapers, the NEW YORK HERALD
and the Sun. This announcement. in
brief, is that on Sunday next, February ],
the HERALD and the Sun will pass out of
existence and there will arise in their
stead the result OF amalgamation and par
taking in some degree the character of
both of it's predecessors, the Sun and the
NEW York HERALD
The sun was a reflection Of the genius
and the character of Charles A. Dana.
NO newspaper ever had stronger indi-
viduality than he impressed on it. Even
when it provoked opposition il aroused
interest in itself. 1t was marvel OF
piquancy. cleverness and news selection.
1t was a great delight to it's intellectual
constituency. 1t seemed written by one
pen, held by hand whose passion was to
expose shams and to pillory folly and
hypocrisy. Worldliness 1--WE use the word
IN no offensive sense) was never more
agreeably presented than in Dana's Sun
and the old tradition has never ceased to
exert its influence.
The New YORK HERALD, founded by
the elder Bennett and carried to even
greater heights by the younger Ben
nett. made, all things considered, as
great contribution to the life of the
world. 1t may almost be said the elder
Bennett created modern journalism as
the world now understands 1t. Before
his day a newspapers primary function
was commonly to exploit opinions.
Since. more and more. it's major func-
tfpp has been IN he the collector and
censor of information. The narrowness
and doematism inherited from pam
phleteering days has been largely shaken
Off It is now assumed that a reader.
given the facts with n minimum or
guidance and Interpretation. is COM
petent to do his own thinking. In all
this the HERALD was n pioneer.
Now. with this past instructtng nm.
Frank A. Mnnsev takes I'D the task or
combining the two streams or inr'uence
The urderta king is Job OF mans size ano
will use to the full all his energies of mind.
heart and BODY. He has an opportunity
to do a monnentous thing and to impress.
in turn. his personality and his ideas on
his profession and on his times The re-
sponsibility is heavy but one may assume
Mr., Munscy thinks little Of this as he sees
spread before him the opportunity to do.
The Tribune soon to be the dean OF the
morning newspapers or New YORK, wei
comes the new paper with cordiality Nav
it eXemplify an excellence that will lead
the family it attracts to itself, while not
forgetting old friends. to rejoice over the
new birth. Mr. Munsey's long and nota.
BILE career career which has touched
every branch of the periodical business
justifies the hope that the results OF his
editorship will not disappoint his high
aspirations.
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
Deportation or Communists.

Secretary of Labor Wilson upbolds the
course Of the Department of Justice in
arresting and the Commissioner General
ot immigration in ordering the deporta-
tion Of members OF the Communist party.
An alien members Of that party hereto
fore arrested will be deported TO The coun.
tries whence they came.
!, The Secretary OF Labor decides that
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
THE SHUT IN.
BY FLORENCE T. osMuN.

BY FLORENCE T. OSMUN.
Behind the blinds I sit the lovelong
day,
A shut-in. And below the crowds
push by.
Long years have passed since I was
= young and spry
And walked the stony pavements swift
as they,
Upon the busy streets Of old Broadway.
How little do these dream or care
that
Behind life's curtain sit and watch and
sigh.
Would I were one Of them as yester-
day.
Before me pass the business man and
she
or painted face and wide, all-seeing
eye,
The vampire. Then the matron with
her three.
The movie star and shop girl hurry by
oh, motley throng. be blithe the while
ye may
On busy, bustling, noisy old Broadway.
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
Weather in Winter Resorts.

Reports received by the HERALD yes.
to-day gave the temperature and atmos.
pheric conditions at winter resorts at noon
as follows:-
PALM BEACH. Fla.--79; clear.
MIAMI. Flat clear.
ORMoND BEACH. t1a.--7i clear
AIKEN. s. Go: cloudy
CAMDEN, s. C.-35; rain.
HAMILTON Hormudn. n; cloudy.
NASsAL, u. l.--15; clear.
The New York herald., 1920-01-26

4tF'TdEV IETIDtrHC0rN yCSICrUHys j"
Average temperature for corresponding
date last SO
Average temperature for corresponding
date yor thirty-threc years............ 20
Humidity:-s "A. NJ. 81; 1 r. NJ, 81; 8
+. NJ, -.
Barometer;--s A. NJ, 1910; r. NJ, s0.si ;
8 r. NJ, 900.
The New York herald., 1920-01-26

Laborites have begun movement in open
opposition TO final naturalization. Pro-
moters of naturalization of the rail
roads and coal mines of the United States
should profit by England's experience.
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
Dora Ivlinsky,

Dora Ivlinsky, seventeen
a NEW years Of age and. from her
WOMAN. portrait. fine figure of a
girl, but with rather thick
ankles. as public executioner of the Odessa
Soviet Commission is responsible for the
death of four hundred officers, all de-
spatched with her own fair hands. Even
an admiring member of the Trotzky.
Lenine government would have to admit
that she is strong minded woman. But
who would like to marry her?
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
SOCIETY NOTES
New York.

New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Franklin have
gone to Bellaire, Fla. and Will remain
there a month.
Mr.. and Mrs Oliver de Lancey Coster
are passing the winter at No 80 West
F'iftieth street. and have had several din
ner parties there.
Miss Anne r. Morgan will return this
week from her speaking tour of the Pa
cific coast
Mr.. and Mrs. William Gibbs McAdoo
are occupying an apartment at No. s63
Park avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold II. Weekes have
Mr.. and Mrs. Casimir de Rham. son-in-
law and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus
l.. Patterson, have returned from their
honeymoon and are occupying an apart
ment at No. 116 East sixty-third street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence B. Ellinian will
entertain at dinner at their home, No. 122
East Fifty-sixth street Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horatio Seymour Shonnard,
OF No. 40 East Fifty-sixth street. will leave
this week on board their yacht, for the
South.
Mrs Edward Livingston Coster has gone
to Baltimore. Md. to visit her mother,
Mrs. c. Morton Stewart
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Sabin will go
South in February.
Mrs. Frederick c. Havemeyer will start
Saturday for Jacksonville, Fla, and will
cruise on board a houseboat for month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic B. Jennings have
gone to Je1syl Island, Ga, for a stay of
several weeks.
Mrs. William Goadby Loew has returned
from Aiken, S. c.
Washington.
The Belgian Ambassador and Baroness
de Cartier de Marchienne had luncheon
yesterday at the Embassy for Mrs. L..
Work Hewitt, Of New York. who Is their
guest. Mr.. Maurice Maeterlinck, who was
to have been entertained there has post
poned his visit until February 4.
The Secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs.
Carter Glass have as n guest Miss Bea-
trice Glass, Of Newport News, Va.
Mr.. Josephus Daniels, Secretary Of the
Navy, joined Mrs. Daniels yesterday In
Raleigh, N. c.
Mr.. William Howard Taft has returned
to New Haven. Conn, after a short visit
with Mrs William j. Boardman and Miss
Mabel Boardman.
Senator and Mrs. Medill Mccormick last
night gave the first of a series Of buffet
suppers. They will give dinner on next
Saturday for Mrs. Arthur Ryersop. who
will visit them, and on February 3 they
will entertain for the Italian Ambassador
and Baroness Romano Avezzana and the
Polish Minister and Princess Lubomirska.
DR.. and Mrs. William Miller Collier will
have a dinner on February q for Mr..
Vicente Blasco Ibanez, Spanish author,
who will be in Washington to receive
degree from George Washington Univers-
ity, of which DR.. Collier is president
Philadelphia
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Drexel Paul, who will
go soon to Aiken. S. c., will entertain Mr..
and Mrs. Alexander Biddle and Mr.. and
Mrs. William II. Reeves, Jr.
give dinner for Mrs. George Z. Bean on
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry c. Groome will give
a ball on February 16 for Miss Nancy b.
Dunning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur II. Gerhard will
have dinner on Friday for Miss Frances
Gerhard.
The New York herald., 1920-01-26

Fifth avenue into sort of cocducational
club. The consequent conversation and
filtration is very disturbing to the regu-
lars. some Of whom can't find room to
work. AS is always the case in New
York, no matter how big a building, 1t
is too small soon after 1t Is finished.
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
A BOOZELESS UNITED STATES,

TO THE Eprror Of THE HERALD
My hearticst congratulations to Silas
G. Swallow for his stcadfast prayer that
this nation should ono day be "hoozclcss.
May I add my humble prayer, that SIS
cellar will hold enough "applejack' and
hard cider to carry him through fifty
more "beogricsa' ynappf \, j. ~
New lorA City, Jan ~ ly.g -. 4.
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
Yesterdays Temperatures.

The following record shows the changes
In temperature during the last twenty
four hours in comparison with last year,
as indicated by the HERALD thermometer in
Herald Soiia