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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-11

But nobody will build houses to give
the labor engaged on them $4,000 for
a house worth all told $4,000.
1t will come down because suit OF
clothes that used TO nost the wearer
$50 cannot go back to $50 when there
is now $50 Of labor cost in it. And
the public Is not going 10 pay the
laborer $50 for making q $50 suit
of clothes.
1t Will come down because the
farmer will not give fifty-six bushels
Of wheat for piece of lead pipe, a
couple of washers, and a plumbers
stroll around the garden He will not
raise the wheat to throw away in
such swap.
1t will come down because when
the farmers call halt. as the rest of
the public Is now calling a halt, on
wages without work, whether of brains
or of Drawn, and on goods without
value, whether Of. the open shop or
the closed shop. the only other choice
for the man who will not do square
days work for square days pay
viii be no job and the bread line.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-11

Elaborated in making books, but the
wife kept to the art SIDE, the husband
to the letters. JOSEPH PENNELL :llus-
trated his wife's books Of travel. There
are three or four couples In America
who share fifty fifty the mental agony
Of plotting and the physical labor Of
tipping light fiction. These include
ErHrL and JAMES TORRANCE. RoBFRr
and KATHERINE PINKEgToN. and Mr..
and Mrs. GEORGE r. CHESTER.
Perhaps the reason why there are
not more collaborating pairs Is that
the creative faculty In writing tends
naturally to secretiveness. A good
many writer's. once they have talked
a plot, cannot write 1t with the ze,it
1t deserves. The story has been toll.
Your average novelist prefers to write
his book In secret and then try the
completed work on his wife. She in
Iyariably approves.
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originally urged. These were that
Austria needed the support of Ger
many If she was to improve her eco
monte and industrial situation, that
Austria was a German island in cen
trail Europe, that she was surrounded
by racial elements antagonistlc to
her and that the efforts at Danube
league or some other favorable agree
ment with her neighbors had failed.
In fact. the argument was made that
Austria was too poor In natural re-
sources and too dependent upon for
eign countries to survive as a sep
arate nation.
The question that has naturally been
raised by this controversy is, What
support has Austria In her present
plans? ITALY Is not opposed TO the
union. according to statements that
appear authoritative, but on the other
hand there Is no reason TO believe that
she is encouraging it; Great Britain,
1t is natural to expect, takes much the
same position. The union. however. is
opposed by most Of the Balkan States
and Czecho-Slovakia and Jugo-Slavia.
That France has so far changed her
attitude regarding the development Of
stronger Germany as to accent
calmly the union of Austria and Ger
many appears unlikely; but she has
so far as is known entered no official
opposition to the union.
But what may prove an interesting
development of the situation is that
with the German Republic as with
southern Germany. There has peen
undoubtedly, rs has been frequently
reported, movement I'm south Ger
many to separate Bavaria and some
Of the Rhine provinces from the Ger
man Republic. Austria never had
great affection for Prussia and she has
less now than In the past, but she has
always had strong bond of friend
ship and sympathy with Bavaria 1t
was with the former German king
dom that the Austrian conservatives
earlier pleaded'for q confederation. n
tact that made mcny Prussian poll
ticians doubtful of the advisabillty OF
Including Austria within the German
Republic except under an agreement
which would assure the hegemonS Of
northern Germany. But would the
/ Allies permit such south German
confederation?
These problems which underlie the
whole situation give to the sudden lie
cision of the Austrian National AS
sembly an unusual interest. The
plebisclte will be watched with n
| kecnar interest by the allied nations
than any recent political move in
| central Europe.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-11
CHINESE REPUBLICS
BIRTHDAY HONORED
Lamont, Back From Far East,
Makes Principal Address in
st. johns Cathedral.
SAYS CHINA LOOKS TO q. S.
Yellow Boy Scout Carries His
COuntry's Flag at Church
Exercises.

The ninth Anniversary of the founding
of the Republic OF China was celebrated
yesterday afternoon at a special service
in the Cathedral OF st. John the Divine.
The principal address was made by
Thomas w. Lamont Of the firm OF j. r
Morgan & Co.. recently returned from
a semi-offical trip to the Far East to
arrange with Japanese Ranking Interests
participating In the prooosed Chinese
consortium. Bishop Burch formally ex-
tended greetings to the official guests
of honor.
Mayor Hylan, accompanied by Francis
p. Bent, represented the city, and there
We're consular representatives from
Great Britain. France, Japan. Belgium
Brazil, Czecho-Slovakia. Cuba, Guate-
mala, the Netherlands. Rumania San
Salvador and Sweden. In the crowded
cathedral were hundreds OF Chinese A
Chinese Boy Scout, carrying the flag OF
China with color guard of two Girl
Scouts, added interest to the process
sional and occasional. The Chinese
national anthem, I. China, My Country,
preceded the singing of 1.-THE Star Span
gled Banner near the close of. the SER
vice.
Both Bishop Burch and Mr.. Lamont
referred TO the open door" policy which
has marked American diplomatic rela-
lions for the last score OF years MI.
Lamont dwelt with emphasis upon the
new consortium Of British. French. Japa-
mere and American banking interests
which he said would provide interna-
tional cooperation. as contrasted with
competition.
"Why do they look to America? Mr
Lamont asked. "They look TO us pc
cause of the work that America has
done there, and because America has
never tried to create for herself sphere
of influence In their country. China r.
members that America has always with
held from that principle"
Mr.. Lamont paid tribute to the work
of the late Willard D. Straight wNose In
fluence he said, Is still vital In China.
We can repay that confidence which he
inspired, he added. not by sitting still
or keeping aloof from the affairs of
other nations. In conclusion he said:
"In the last hundred years America
has conquered continent. and has be-
come the richest. most prosperous nation
upon the earth. Has not the tir'e come
for us 10 beStow greater thought. greater
consideration. greater sympathy, greater
understanding to the less powerful ma
tons OF the earth?"
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LEGIBLE SIGNATURES.
An Amendment 10 the Plan for Expe-
ditlng Business Mail.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The twice
day schedule for signing mail, urged
by First Assistant Postmaster General
Rooms fer the purpose Nof reducing the
amount of first class mail which must
now be handled between the hours of
and p. NJ because In practically all
large Offices there is but one mail sign
ing period day. should be adopted by
Gil business men who find 1t conven-
:ent to co so.
While Mr.. Koons's request Is made
for the purpose of expediting the deliv-
cry of business mail. II would not be out
OF place at this time to advocate the
plan already adopted by some business
rIen of having all letters signed with
a legible signature. As things are now
in sont cases Il is Impossible to make
cut the signature of the sender of a
letter. which causes all kinds of embar-
rassment and sometimes loss.
AS almost all business letters are typed
it is suggested that the typist be in
structed to type the signature OF the
sender leaving sufficient space above
to permit the sender to sign his name.
This plan would entail no extra effort on
the signer and very little on the typist.
but would prove a great convenience to
the recipient, who would be assured at
glance of the correct name and initials
Of the person signing the letter.
BUSINESS MAN.
NEW YORK, October 8.
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EVENTS TODAY.

Gen. Marie Emile Fayolle viii be the guest
oi the Victory Hall Association nj a luncheon
az the Bankers CluD. =. NJ James M
i,eck anu Dr. Henry Van Dyke will speak
at the dinner given in his honor by the
i'h ray Marne Day Committee, Waldorf
The Henry Street Settlement will hold
memorial .ervicea for the late Jacob II.
Suit. N the Neighborhood Playhouse. 46O
OHIO Society Of New York, meeting. Wal
Friends OF Jan q. Masaryl, Charge d'Af-
;Girs jt ~. Czt cljo- aiaYak Rep Bit. will
enterain ~ farewell elmer. Sokol Hall,
20 Ea e S vanty-first rtr ct this evening
Henry w. Taft win spsnk at the RepubIi-
an women's forum, Vanderbilt Hotel. 8
Alice T. co-eo win speak on Egyptian
Art before high school ella es at tho Metro
pglron Nurcum Of Art, r. NJ.
Farley 7. christenron. Du'lcy Field Malone,
and Roe S hne idcrnan win be guests at n
n.on-paitl an dinner. Hotel Commodore. 80
=. NJ.
Lexington Poet No. los of the American
c@ion. aeConf annual entertainment and
I'll. Yorhvillef Casino. 30 Eat Eighty sixth
trcet, s 20 L. NJ.
Miss Julia Arthur VIII speak on Judge
Nathan T.. Miller anf the Campaign Ie-ues'
at the campaign hcadquartsrs OF the Republic
an Women Sta'e Executive Committee,
'nnderbilt Hotel. p. NJ.
Certified Publir Accountants, meeting, wal
fCrf-Astoria, \ +. M.
Edward How ard Griggs win lecturer on
The individual and the STATE: julius
Caesar" the recond of biz Shakespea rlan
lectures. Brooklyn Academy OF Music. 5:15
i. NJ.
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Absentee Voting.

Absentee voting will be allowed by
New York State this year for the irst
time, and 1t is important that those
who wish to take advantage of tie
new provision should understand what
hey must do.
a registered citizen expecting to be
absent from his election district on No
vember . should send by mail or de-
liver otherwise not later than Satur-
day Of this week to the Board OF Elec-
tons of his county--in New York city
the counties and boroughs are confer
minous-an affidavit giving his maine
and residence and bis election district,
setting forth the fact that he is a
| qualified voter. and that he Intends to
be Absent on election day because his
duties require it. He must also give
a description OF the business occupa.
ti0n, calling or unusual circumstances
which will require him to be away
from his residence
II In the judgment OF the Board of
Elections the applicant has proper rea-
sons for being away from home on
election day 1t will issue to him the
necessary ballots and an official en-
velope. The law does not counte-
nance the extension of the privilege
for frivolous or fanciful reasons.
On the envelope will be printed an
affidavit which the elector must sign.
and after marking the ballot he must
seal II In the envelope, which is to be
delivered by mail or by h nd before
noon on Friday, October 20, to the
Board of Elections by which it was
issued. The Board OF Elections will
send the ballot to the election district
OF the voters residence. where IL will
be canyassed in the usual manner.
The offices Of the Board Of Elections
are: For New York county--Manhat-
tan-the Municipal building; for
Bronx county - Borough OF the
Bronx-i42 East 140th street; for
Kings county Borough of BroolSlyn-
90 Court street Queens county--Bor.
ough OF Queans-62 Jackson avenue
for St0ten Island-Borough and coun.
~ OF acknowledgement Hall. New
Brighton.
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WHAT NEGROES ASK.
They Seek Social Justice. Not Social
Equality with whites.

TO THE NEW YORK HERALD; II is not
true that negroes are demanding abso-
lutte social equality with the whites. II
Is true that they demand social justice.
We negroes are just as particular
about the company we keep as are white
people. we are ccgnizant Of the fact
that the white laborer does not seek
70 mingle socially with the white banker.
The attempt of crafty politicians in the
Democratic camp to embarrass Senator
Harding by raising the social equality
issue is the cheapest kind Of cheap poll
tics. Senator Harding can we'll afford
to ignore this question.
BY the way. what Is the Democratic
attitude on this question OF social equal
ityY How does II stand on the question
" lynchirg. and what has Governor Cox
ever said in condemnation Of 1t or prom
lsed TO do " elected-as he will not be
Ito stop it? CALEB QuoTEM.
NEW YoRK. October ..
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Small HEEAND FOR
UNSKYLNED LAROPERS
More Girl Workere Nesded,
Says Merchants Bureau.

Unstilled male laborers are more
numerous In New York city at present
than the demand for them, according t.
survey conducted by the Industrial
bureau OF the Merchants Assoclat on,
but there are not enough girl workers
TO 30 around.
The results OF the survey, mada known
In a statement Issued yesterday. o~er
two reasons for the SHORTAGE of unsk'led
girl workers--a greater use of girls and
women In occupations per formed clu-
sive'y by men before the war and a
return of the prejudice against factory
work that was prevalent before FL tory
work was considered patriotic service
in the second line of defence" girl
"can a'cord TO be ens.tive" about the
stigma" OF factory work, the report
comments, as ''her father, husband.
brother are making higher wages and
II IS not necessary for her to work"
The surplus OF men IS exrllinea by
the slack IN the building trades and con-
tracing business under present condi-
lions, these being the occupations fur
nlshlng the largest local market for
unskilled labor. Another explanation rs
that even the unskllled laboreIs are get
ting such high wages nov adays that
firms which need that sort of help are
hiring as few as possible.
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The Mystery Box.

candidate Cox had n mystery box
ira,tened rccurc by number OF locks,
which contained, so no stated, q dreadful
array
or Figures and Facts concerning the way
one Hays was prepared 20 buy the election,
-i;y by city. section BY section
rho fund for this purpose. ten figures a,
least,
was. no said. all IN hand. and tho channels
wcl groa.ed
70 quietly slide u along 70 the boys;
with charts how TO use Il. Without any noise.
nut though they had worked as quiet as
mice,
Ana ned every sor, OF devill7h device.
Tho names and locations OF each OF these
And what he would do and his schedules and
maps,
Wore Eno,yn and recorded by Candidate Cox.
And the proofs OF II all7 Right there In tho
boxi
But when they compelled him to open tho
box
There was nothing inside but an old PAIR OF
Some sawdust and bricks nnd-thls provoked
smiles
some pro-Gorrnan copies direct from the files
or Me own Dayton paper. he wasn't 90 keen
Should DE even remembered. much less should
be seen.
Yes. OF course. II IL sad. But since It's oc-
currcd,
And we know now for sure he's that kind Of
bird
Just poet uu a notice IN language quite terse,
Boom fatally injured. Arrange for a
hearse."
rturrrrc o. BArp.
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Unity Is Unanimous.

The official returns from the Maine
election are now In, and the brisk
little town Of Unity wins the banner
There are 404 votes in Unity, and all
404 were cast for the Republican
ticket. Unity Is unanimous.
In this respect Unity sees another
Maine town, Castle Hill, and goes IT
one better. There are 101 votes in
Castle Hill. OF these the Republican
ticket got 100 and the Democratic
ticket /. AS Chairman HAYS put it.,
"the postmaster seems to have stood
firm" Unlty's postmaster either did
not vote or voted Republican.
Even If Postmaster General BURLE-
son were disposed to reprimand the
Unity postmaster, in the ordinary
processes of Burlesonian mail delivery
a letter Of rebuke would not get from
Washington to Maine before March 4,
and on that date Mr.. BURLEsoN will
not be potent In the post office.
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Daily Calenda



For Eastern New York--Fair to-day
and tomorrow; little change in tenn
perature; moderate to fresh northwest
winds.
For New Jersey-Fair to-day and to-mor-
row; little change in temperature gentle to
moderate northwest winds.
For Northern New England-Fair to-day
ana PROBABLY Tomorrow; little change In
temperature; moderate TO fresh northwest
winds.
For Southern New England-Fafr to-day
and tomorrow; little change in temperature;
moderate 10 fresh northwest winds.
For Western New York-Clouav to day and
Tomorrow. possibly showers In north por-
tion: little change In temperature: moderate
WINDS. mostly east TO southeast.
WASHINGTON, Oct. lo.-The pressure
WIS CIV to-day over New England Canadian
Maritime Provinces and tile Canadian North-
vest ire plans States and the Rocky Noun
tain regicn, while II was high over most
5. tiols cast Of the M.ss .ssippi River, tho
west Ghlf States and California. The pres
sure disturbance was centred over Colorado
inere were local rains to-day In portions
VI Nlchlgan, wisconsin, southeastern Mime
sofa and middle and northern sections west
% the Rocky Mountains. In all other re-
Rerature was near normal in the middle
EIahtic. south Atlantic and east Gulf
States. below normal west of the Rocky
ssiountains and considerably above In prac-
eraly all other sections.
The outlook Is for far weather to-morrov
a s, tuesday In the States east of the Misss-
sslpps river except that showers are probable
III uIe region OF the great lakes Tne tenn
peia'ure changes Will not be important.
Observations at United sta,es wea,ba,
Bureau stations. taken at 8 r. M YESTERDAY
seNenty-f4fth meridian time.
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PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.

Trend of the Times" by DR.. John II.
Randall. Washlngton Irving II. g.. Irving
place and Sixteenth street.
Women In journalism" by Mrs. Jennie
n. Seibold, r. S. No. 40, i56th street and
"Natlonal Wonders OF the United States
and Canafa" ~ NJ. 70 Roy ieffcrs. u. X.
c. S., ut p. s. No. 80, 22s East Fifty-seventh
-trFst.
No. o., Hester, Essex and Norfolk streets.
Thoina- Y. Potterton, r. s. No. 1871, Sc.
NieNoia~ avenue a-h 12I'h street iliu1'rated
Trend Of the Times" by Mr. Arthur y.
Reeg, p. S. No. 1875. 2c5 Wet l0Fth street.
'"rrenr OF the Times" by William Bradley
OTIS. Pilgrim Hall. Fifty-nlnth street and
roadway. .
"Colo~atura Arias from the opera" by
Miss Maria II. Gainsbotg, at Evander Chlius
u. s.. isith street and Field place. Inc
Trend OF the Times" by Nelson r. Mead.
Mor-i, n. s.. 1G6;h street and Boston road
''Webater, the Founder Of american Nation
aiioS" by Thomas McTiernan, 81: CoiumpA
Hail 3i3 West Twenty-fifth street.
Brooklyn.
"Trend OF the Times" by Mrs. Mary y.
Lease Bushwick III. s., irving avenue Maoi-
sen and Voodbinc streets.
ssgnrne American Composers and Poeta.' nS
Nf,as sally Hamlin, Eastern District II. y.
Marcy avenue and Keap street
ssRclatitns Between America and Er gland.
IA. Mater George Haven Putnam, Erasmus
uali nj S. riatbush, near Church avenue.
.,T.,,c pattie over the League OF Nations W
,hn limited states Senate by Miss Dlperts
X ehipicy, Manual Training II. s., Se'eh'h
avenue and Fifth street. - 49,,
.,,rho state Reconstruction Plan" by Miss
-nrnte N Davis, Brooklyn Public Linrery'
Norn,an avenue and Leonard street.
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mr.. WILSON'S OWN ISSUE.
Voters win Decide Whether He or
Mr.. Spencer Is Telling the Truth.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: III 1918
presid nj Wilson made it a campaign
issue whether the American people APP
proved of his past actions and would ac-
cop. him as their "unembSrrassed spokes-
man" for the future. Now instead OF the
solemn referendum on the peace treaty
which nc originally called the paramount
issue he makes the issue again a per-
sonal one, the question of veracity be-
tween himself and Senator Spencer in
these plain words:
am perfectly content to leave II to the
voters OF Missouri to determine which of
us Is telling the truth
The American people are all from Mis-.
sogr, they must be shown and they
will answer the question in November
1920 as they did in November, 1918,
basing their decision on the facts.
ONE OF THE JURY.
New YORK, October 0.
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The Fading New Star.

The new star in the constellation OF
Cygnus, or the Swan, was of about
the third magnitude when it was first
observed on August 20, and conse-
quently was visible to the unalded eye.
After the fashion of new stars, about
thirty of which have been recorded
since b. c. 123 it increased in bright
ness rapidly until in few days it
rivalled Deneb Cygni. the most brill
liant sun in the constellation. Then it
began to fade and It can now be seen
only with the aid Of the telescope.
In this respect its history Is the
same as that Of the hew star which
appeared in the constellation Aquila
two years ago, shone for nearly n
week as a star of the first magnitude,
md then diminished in spiendor so
-apidly that in q month it had only
ne-eightieth Of its original BRILL. nee.
another point Of resemblance between
ii and nearly all the other new st1rs
or which there is record is that 1t
appeared In the Milky Way.
This fact gives special interest to
the mighty zone whose light vas
described by MILTON as that of pow
dered stars" OF the number of these
stars or suns the astronomer
IIEnscnEL gave an indication hen
he recorded that while holding his
great telescope fixed at one point
in the great arch there passed over
his field of vision In the space of
one quarter of an hour mo less
than 10000 stars. and at another
time in forty-one minutes no less
rhan 15S.000."
According to HERsCHEL. also, in the
small space between Sadir and Al
bireo in the constellation Of Cygnus
"the stars in the Milky Way seem to
be clustering into two separate divi-
sions: each division confirming more
than 10000 stars" Astronomers tell
us that light from one OF these new
stars In the Milky Way requires nun
dreds of years to reach the earth. and
In observing In the last few weeks
the new star in Cygnus they are
watching the effects of an explosion
or connagratlon which occurred
hundreds Of years ago.
Could we but solve the mystery OF
these new stars and learn the cruse
VI their appearance and disappear
ance We might then have some ,deu
Of whnt is happening in those vast
regions Of the universe represented
70 us ut night In the broad band Of
Infused brightness known as the
Milky Way.
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WHY WE FOUGHT.
President Wilson Contradlcted by His
Ambassador to Germany.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: President
Wilson may believe that we went TO war
ITO make the world safe for democracy;
lnnyhe Governor Cox does though l
doubt 1t; but an eminent Democrat, no
less than James w. Gerard, lately Am
be- ssador TO the German Imperial court.
does not think so, unless he has changed
his mind.
He wrote on April /. 1918. as part of
an Introductory note TO his book Face
TO Face With Kaiserism":
upon the people of the United States Is
that we are at war because Germany
invaded the United States-an invasion
insidiously conceived and vigorously pros
ecuted for years before hostil!tles began:
that this war Is our war; that the sane
tty of American freedom and of the
American home depends upon what we
do now.
On page thirty of the same book he
says:
the end. No man, king or president,
whatever he may himself think, has n
brain all powerful and all knowing.
There il wisdom in counsel.
Truthful words plainly expressed by a
Democrat who knew what he was talk
ing about HARRY L. FRENCH.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, October ..