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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25
Two Interesting Minor Figures In
American History Pass.

Within forty eight hours the news
papers have reported the death of two
men whose names were unfamiliar to
most of us but whose personalities
possess a definite interest.
One Of these men was HARLEY Now
REY, ST., Of Vernal, Utah, who is as
serted to have been the last survivor of
a battalion of more than 500 members
of the Mormon Church which fought
in the Mexican war under Brigadier
General STEPHEN w. KEARNY, COM
manding the Army of the West, which
conquered New Mexico. His military
service was performed while the Nor
mons were fleeing from NauyoO, the
"Place Beautiful" in Hancock county,
Illinois, which they were forced to
abandon after the repeal of their char
ter in 1915, leaving their just COM
pleted temple and much of their prop
erty because of the hostility which had
been aroused against them. At this
time 1t was believed by many that the
Mormons planned to conquer the Mis-
slssippi Valley and ultimately the
whole continent.
The Mormons who served under
General KEARNY contributed their
bounty money to their coreligionists,
and this proved of great assistance to
the migrating host, which ut the mo-
This pilgrimage ended at the Great
Salt Lake, to-day the centre of Nor
monism. Ten years after MowREY and
his companions served under KEARNY
the Mountain Meadows Massacre oc-
Cured and the conflict known as the
Mormon war" began. MowREY was
9S when he died.
The other man whose death recalls
the United States of another day was
GEORGE S. HAwKER of Ayr, Scotland,
who attained 102. He was veteran
Of our civil war and of the Franco
Il uSSibh wal VI Low LIS uiStluI-
ton is based on his declaration that in
his business as a tailor he had LIN
COLIN among his customers. Whether
this patronage was given before LIN
COLIN became President or afterward
the news from Ayr does not disclose.
1t would be interesting to get Mr..
HAwKER's "reminiscences of his most
distinguished customer. The world has
had and valued highly intimate rela-
tons of great men from persons not
half as likely to form shrewd judg-
ments. or half as likely to pierce to
the real man, as an intelligent and
conscientious tailor would.
What did Mr.. HAwKER think of the
American tailor who succeeded LIN
COLIN as President?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.
MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX.

MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX.
Trend of the Times" by DIR. John II.
Randall. Washington Irving High School, 40
Irving place.
Trend OF tho Times" by Arthur D. Recs
Public School 165. 225 West 10sth street.
Trend OF the Times" by William Bradley
Otis, Pilgrim Hall. Fifty-sixth street and
Broadway.
Trend of the Times" by Prof. Nelson p.
Mead Morris High School, 166th street and
Boston road. The Bronx.
bible Story OF Joseph" by Miss Ada Am
Norman Public School 40. both street and
st. Nicholas avenue.
"Coloratura Arias from the Operas" by
Miss Maria p. GainsboE. Public School 80
22s East Fifty-seventh street.
Some American Composers and Poets.
by Miss Sally Hamlln, Public School ~.
Hester. Essex and Norfolk streets,
1.-THE State Reconstruction Plan" by Miss
Jennie NJ. Davis. Public School 1871. 81.
Nicholas avenue and 127th street
Irish Life and Character" BY Owen Nc
Philomy st. COLUMBIA Hall. 343 West
songs OF the American Red Man." by
Miss Marguerite Potter. Evander Childs High
School, 1S4th street and Field place. The
Bronx.
Trend OF the Times" by Mrs. Mary y.
Lease. Bushwick High school. Irving avenue.
Madison and Woodbine streets.
''Tenuysons 'Enoch Arden.'" by Mrs.
Marian Leland. Eastern District High School.
Marcy avenue and Keap street.
plays OF the Hour by Miss Ada Sterling,
Erasmus Hall High School. Fiatbush. avenue.
near Church avenue. Illustrated.
THE Pitfalls of YOUTH" by Mrs. Mabel
Irwin, Manual Training High School, Seventh
avenue and Fifth street
Mexico. Yesterday and To-day" by Mrs.
Ada u. Talbot, Brooklyn Public Library.
Norman avenue and Leonard street. Illus
tratcd.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25

Senator James w. wadsworth Jr and
Ilieut.-Col. Theodore Roosevelt will speak at
a mass meeting of the Harding Democratic
League, Yorkvile Lyceum, Eighty sixth
street and Third avenue, 8 p. NJ
The Cox and Roosevelt College Mems
League Will give dinner to Franklin d.
Roosevelt in the Hotel Commodore, p. M
Gov. Alfred Il. Smith will speak at rallies
at Hunts Point Palace and Morris High
School. The Bronx, this evening.
Oliver NJ. Sayler will speak on ''The Spirit
or the Modern Russian Theatre at the
womens conference of the Society OF Ethical
Culture, West Sixty-fourth street, p. NJ.
National Association OF Audubon Societies.
meeting. American Museum of Natural His
tory, Seventy-seventh street and Central
Park West, 1915 p. NJ.
The National Business Show viii open In
Grand Central Palace. T. NJ: typewrting
contest. 3 p. NJ.
Raymond G. Brown will speak on Demon
stration OF Problems" before the New York
Society OF Accountants, Rumford Hall, so
East Forty-first street. this evening.
tinue the hearing on telephone rates and SER
vice. 10 A. NJ.
American Dietetic Association, meeting and
exhibit, Hotel McAlpin. all day.
j. Malcolm Bird will speak on Recent
Achievements in Science In America" at a
meeting of the Clio Club. Hotel Astor. 2 L. NJ.
Republican women will entertain Mrs.
Nathan l.. Miller at luncheon In the
Vanderbilt Hotel, p. NJ: former Judge
Miller and John ]. Lyons VIII speak at the
forum. 3 p. NJ.
Employing Printers Association, dinner,
Hotel Aston. =. M.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25
When Gloucester Races Halifax.

The ocean race between the Amerl-
can fishing schooner Esperanto and
the Canadian schooner Delawanna
scheduled to be sailed in the Atlantic
off Halifax next week has a closer
association with American yacht sail
ing and American yacht designing
than might be believed on first thought.
The craft in this race will test the
sailing skill of Halifax and Gloucester
fishermen rather than Canadian and
United States designs, for both boats
come from the board of Captain Tom
MCMANUs, a veteran Boston architect
of fishing schooners, who for forty
years has been aiming at speed as well
as sea keeping qualities In his boats
To anybody who has watched the i'm
provement of American fishing craft
in the last quarter of century IL has
been clear that while the fishing YES
sells have steadily bettered in speed
and stability, they have won this i'm
provement by utilization of the best
elements OF modern yacht practice.
The tendency toward yacht design
IN fishing schooners was first shown
in the work of EDwARD BURGESS AMI
has developed the able schooners now
familiar In the Gloucester fishing fleet,
schooners with a modified spoon bow
and knockabout rig which give added
Hitting power and do away with the
long bowsprit and the danger of uen
being swept from u when fur.ng
headsails in bad weather. The Amer
fcan fisherman is not conservative
except I'm insisting on weatherly quail
ties In HIS boat. The more speed he
can get out of it the better he IS
plcased, granted he does not have to
follow an oversparre1 sail plan. That
is why he adopted from the yachting
world the modified spoon bow and
knockabout rig.
II is the misfortune of American
yacht racing that It has been develop
ing other qualities. In It's efforts to
keep the Americas Cup our yachting
world has encouraged engineering In
yacht designs, for the work OF the
engineer Is the striking feature In
racing machines like the latest sham
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25
MONDAY. OCTOBER %. 1920.
Swing the Estimate Axe Over and
Over Again.

If the Board of Estimate and the
city administration can suspend the
court house project becaIse of the ex-
posure of rank highway robbery in the
building trades, the Board of Estimate
and the city administration can aban-
don other municipal spendings wntch
come Immediately and territically out
of the public's pocket.
If the Board of Estimate and the
city administration can recoil in hor-
ror from the waste and corruption of
public treasure going into brick and
mortar, steel and timber, the Board
Of Estimate and the city administra-
tiop can balk at the squander of pub
lie treasure going into enterprises that
are not essential, subsidies that are
not legitimate, schemes that are
neither necessary nor rational, salaries
that are not productive.
The money has got to be saved or
the city's credit cannot be saved. The
money has got to be saved or the use
fulness of the local government can
not be continued. The money has got
to be saved or the industrial and COM
mercial supremacy of overtaxed New
York cannot be assured.
Millions cut out of court house
boDis to tighten future interest and
sinking fund charges against the tax
payers are only drop in the bucket
10 what must be done this week to
the budget of 1921 to check right now
the food gate waste Of tax moneys
running away to the early bankruptcy
of the municipal government and col
lectfve loss of the New York public.
Cut every provision for non-essen-
tial work out of the budget to the
last nickel. Cut every useless and
every doubtful salary out of the bud
get TO the last name on the payroll
Cut every item that cannot bear the
acid test of imperative necessity out
of the budget to the last trace.
The budget for 1921, which the
Board of Estimate has it's last chance
TO revise downward this week. must
be chopped, by sheer brute .stren"th
II necessary, to the extent of tens of
millions of dollars or there will be
dismal days for this city of New Yorl;
Of ours before many more chapters
have been written into its history.
Swing the Board of Estimate axe
over and over again.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25
MRS. CROSBY'S RIGHT.
A Lifelong Democrat Who Cannot
Vote the Democratic Ticket.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: 1 am
proud TO say I am the same kind of
Democrat as Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby,
who has been expelled from this Will
soacratic Women's Democratic Club of
which she was the founder and honorary
president.
Mrs. Crosby and every true Jeffer-
sonian Democrat must see that our die
tatorial President. Woodrow Wilson, has
been trying to kill our old Democratic
party. But 1t is still slumbering and we
real Democrats who always follow the
doctrines and principles of Jefferson,
Madison. Monroe, Jackson and Cleveland
will do all we can to elect Warren G..
Harding and to bury on November 2
forever that false doctrine of Democracy
known as Wilsoncratism.
l have been an active Democrat for
fifty years and come from a New York
family Democratic for 100 years: my
grandfather voted in New York city in
1924 for the defender of New Orleans,
Andrew Jackson.
AS a Democrat l could not vote in
iS96 for Bryan. but as a gold Democrat
| supported Palmer and Buckner I
voted for Charles e. Hughes in 1916, as
/ could not stand the actions of Wood
row Wilson In regard to the war. 1
voted for Edward I. Edwards of New
Jersey for our Democratic Governor, as
he upheld the good old Democratic prin-
ciple Of personal liberty.
Every real Democrat Ike Mrs. Crosby.
who is an American woman and upholds
Americanism, must know that we have
no national Democratic candidates for
President or Vice-President, no Demo-
cratic party in Washington.
WILLIAM OSBORN.
SHELTON HEIGHTS, N. J.. October 23.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25
DID THE SCHOOLS FAIL?
Only 93 Out of $50 Applicants Pass
n Cooper Union Examination.

To THE New York HERALD: It
might interest your readers to know
that there have been more than $50 ap-
plicants to the first years course In
motor vehicle design and testing which
is given at Cooper Union in the interest
OF the automotive industry, no tuition
being charged. Out Of that number of
applicants only 90 have passed the ex-
animation In the most elementary math-
ematics; that Is, nothing beyond ordi-
nary mensuration. In other words, 900
of these applicants did not even know
how to find the area of n circle. We
find that this does not apply to those
applicants who learned the machinist
trade in foreign countries.
This is n reflection on our public
schools, and It will obtain as long as the
standard Of requirement Of teachers is
as low as at present. and IS being
lowered continually to replace those
teachers who resign. Instead of maxi
ing the profession OF teaching sufficiently
lucrative to attract those who have not
only sufficient knowledge themselves but
also the gift to impart their knowledge
TO others. the standard of our teachers
Is purposely lowered.
In our public schools the prerequisite
for teaching does not seem to play an
important role. but rather ''if we don't
pay them enough to keep them let's get
cheaper men," The loss to the city and
the country at large from such methods
cannot be overestimated.
Take only the present Instance OF
these 800 young men who cannot enjoy
the privilege to obtain training for po-
sitions OF higher responsibility and thus
be OF more use to the community. The
lack Of more intelligent and better
trained men In all phases OF our life
cannot be computed In dollars and cents
II Is a grave reflection on our COM
munity ETHELBERr FAvARY.
New YORK, october 20.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25
Two Examples of Trouble Made by
Loosely WOrded Treaties.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: That
diversity of opinion as to the proper
Interpretation of vital clauses in Mr..
Wilson's League of Nations Covenant is
sufficient reason for regarding it as
Objectionable may very we'll be illus
trated by considering the controversy in
respect to the meaning of clauses in the
Clayton Bulwer Treaty of 1850 and the
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty OF 1901 in re-
lation to the Panama Canal tolls.
In the Yale Lao Journal of March
1914, there is an article by T. Baty.
D. c. L., LIZ D., which is characterized
by the perceptions and reasoning of a
well trained legal mind. In his comment
on those treaties he says:
The treaties OF 1850 and 1901 are so
badly drawn and expressed in such a
slovenly way as to make II far from an
easy matter to pronounce offhand upon
questions of their Interpretation. II
seems not unfair to conclude that he
negotiators deslgnedly used ambiguous
language in order TO put off until an
other time the necessity of arriving at a
really clear and complete understanding.
The treaty OF 1850 contained a loose and
vague aspiration (VIII) quite out OF
place in business instrument. The
treaty OF 1901 Is even worse drafted.
Acclaimed at the time as monument to
Pauncefotes craftsmanship and discre-
ton. II now reveals itself as having
raised more difficulties than II laid, and
as having made confusion worse con-
founded.
The American people may vel. be
thankful that the Constitution did not
entrust to the Executive the sole treaty
making power, and that the Senate in
the performance of it's constituted func-
ton saved the country from a treaty
beside the antiquities and uncertainties
of which the treaties referred to by Mr.
Baty would stand as monuments of legal
precision.
1t is we'll that the discussions In the
Senate and In the newspapers and the
arguments of highly trained legal minds
have educated the people as to the obi
cations incurred in the League of Ma
tions Covenant. On election day the
people will render their verdict
JOHN ]. SHERIDAN.
NEW YORK, October 23.
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is no time for halfway measures, and
looking outside Cambridge its mem
bers see women admitted not only TO
all other universities but also ''tJ
the bar and to the office of justice of
the peace, taking an active part In
local government and at length voting
for Members of Parliament and sit
ting in Parliament"
III short, the committee adroitly
presents the argument found success
full in most instances Of conform
Ing to what seems to be the general
custom or fashion. The committee
further says that the age long tradi-
ton that public life should be re-
served for men is collapsing, and
clearly Cambridge, If 1t persists in its
attitude of rejection, will be in state
of isolation. At latest accounts the
Senate had not voted on the proposal
But it seems to be foregone conclu-
sion that Cambridge will grant the
demands Of woman students.
1t seems also quite clear that in
that event the doors of Cambridge
will open to women with certain res.
ervations or restrictions. In other
words, while women may be admitted
to full membership iu the university,
they will not be enrolled in the mems
colleges. They are to belong to hos
tells for women recognized as SUCH by
the university and subject to its con-
troll. Probably neither Oxford nor
Cambridge is yet ready for the full
measure Of coeducation which is seen
stiles. But that also may come in the
course of time.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25
GOMPERS DEFENDS LABOR.
Says Federation Opposes Violence
and Revolution.

The reply OF Samuel Gompers to
charges made by the Washington Post
that he IL trying 20 tell labor what to
think In the political campaign was made
public yesterday by the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers OF
America Mr.. Gompers admitted that
the article referring TO him was mighty
interesting reading" but he said that he
felt much rebuked by II.
''The organized labor movement 81
America has steadfastly 81 )od for prog
ress, for reform az against violence and
revolution" he wrote. and the entire
course of the A. +. OF L.. industrially
and politically, is governed by that
source. You not only antagonze these
both but attempt to hold up to ridicule
and contempt the chosen representa-
tives of the men and women Of labor
who have the temerity to express the
practically unanimous expression of
100000 wage earners In our fedora
tion."
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25

rock and the Resolute, particularly
in keeping their abnormally lefty
masts on end. They are utterly worth
less except for racing. yet modern
Yankee schooner yacht designed and
built for cruising "off soundings" is
as good a sea keeping craft as ever
was launched.
For the reason that of late Amer
lean schooner yachts and fishing craft
have been drawing nearer and nearer
to each other in design the Halifax
Gloucester fisherman race in Novem-
Der has special interest for Ameri-
can blue water yachtsmen.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25
FLORIDA BALKS AT cox.
Predictions of a Surprising Demo.
cratic Vote for Harding.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Even
here in Florida. where the old timers
when they heard the name Republican
would say There amt no such ami
NAL" there are going to be surprisingly
large numbers OF Harding votes cast.
On a train out of Miami last week
five men in the smoker got TO talking
politics. A typical old Southern planter
now living at Little River said:
ct am Southern born and raised my
family owned slaves and I am n Demo-
crat. but I am going to vote for Har-
ding, and II looks like Dade county
would 20 Republican" o. p. NJ
STUART, Fla, October 81.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25
Sentiments OF a Loyal American.

To THE NEW York HERALD: / have
sent the following reply to the Pro-
League Independents postal card invl-
tation to support Cox and Roosevelt
and the League OF Nations:
II can conceive of no greater scourge
that an angry God can inflct upon a
sinful and erring people than to put Cox
and Roosevelt at the head OF their Gov
eminent. Neither politically nor per-
sonally are they worthy the support Of
any loyal American" A. s. LANrER
wAsHINoToN, October 23.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25
Democratic Campaign Methods.

To THE NEW York HERALD One Is
sue In this campaign, injected by the
President. namely. whether or not Amer
leans shall barter their constitutional
birthright away for mess of doubtful
pottage. will make II ever memorable.
Still more remembered, and with
shame, will be this campaign for reck-
less statements spouted in default Of
argument by the desperate Democratic
demagogue from Dayton l. w.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. October %.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25
MONUMENT TO MGR. 0'KEEFFE.
Dedicated mt His Grave In West
Point Cemetery.

The memory of the Right Rev. Mgr.
Cornelius G.. O'Keeffe, the only civilian
who has been buried In the military GEM
etery at West Point, was honored yes
terday by the dedication of a monument
over his grave. and the unwilling OF
tablet in the Roman Catholic chapel on
the army reservation which he erected
twenty years ago. The Right Rev. Mgr.
Joseph II. Mooney, vicar general OF the
archdiocese, blessed the monument. The
dedicatory sermon was delivered by the
Rev. Francis +. Duffy.
Mgr O'Keeffe died In May. 1918. AZ
that time he was among the best known
priests I'm the archdiocese. His personal
labors before Congress against much OPP
position brought about the granting OF
permission TO build n Catholic church
where cadets and instructors OF that
faith might worship, and his years rs
rector of II gained him wide acquaint-
ance among all ranks of the army he
was an authority on ecclesiastical reia-
lions
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25
One Rule for Dogs.

To THE NEW York HERALD; All dogs
should be muzzled. This Is my reply 70
a letter complaining OF discrimination
between big dogs and little dogs.
MY little boy was bitten by one OF
those so-called pets supposed not to bite.
Had n muzzle been on this particular
distinguished dachshund much worry
would have been avoided. II. H. II.
New York. october 30.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25

The Ohio town of Findlay observed
Fire Prevention Week with good sense
and intelligence. but on its closing day
the most disastrous fire the city has
experienced in four years occurred.
The cause of the blaze, which did dam
are estimated at $4,000, is put down
as Spontaneous combustion" Having
got this far, the enlightened citizens
of Findlay will undoubtedly proceed
now to find out who left the oily rags
in contact with woodwork. or who
threw the lighted match into a waste
paper basket.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25
Mr.. Cox's Charge Upon Mr.. Root.

To THE NEW York HERALD: Mr. Cox's
telegram TO Mr.. Root and Mr.. RIOTS
reply recall TO mind the farmer who saw
his young bull charging up the railroad
track against an oncoming locomotive.
The farmer remarked:
eco t. little one I admire your
spunk. but despise your discretion r.
SMrrHTowN, October 80. r. M. Ia.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25
The New Mnud MILLER.

Maud Muller one November day
Rose and rakcd the lcpves away,
BnSsd a batch Of pumpkin pies,
Set Ian OF bread TO rise.
Made the seds and swept the house.
Killed a bold rnarauding mouse.
Hung the curtains out TO air.
Shook the rugs and combed her hair.
Powdered w her pretty nose,
Doomed her new and nifty clothes,
Seized her beaded bag so fine,
Priced NJ nineteen for'y-nlne.
Hailed n trolley. took r ride,
Reached the polls and fripped inside.
And--aithough she bore no grudge--
Cast her vote against the Judge.
NrrvA Ivvrvs
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25
PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE.
An Address by Mr.. Wilson and HIS
Action Regarding Shantung.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD; on Oc-
tober 81. 1913. President Wilson deliv-
cred a short address tefore the South
ern Commercial Congress at Mobile. The
following are the sentences with when
that short address concludes:
DO not think. therefore. gentlemen, that
the>questions OF the day are mere ques-
lions of policy and diplomacy. They are
shot through with the principles OF life.
We dare not turn from the principle that
morality and not expectancy Is the thing
that must guide us, aud that we VIII
never condone iniqulty because II is most
expedient TO do so.
And then Shantung
A. II PRESTON.
NEWARK n J.. October 20.