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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-18
A VOICE FROM THE SOUTH.
Patriotism. Not Party. VIII Decide
This Democrats Vote.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Here's a
hearty Harding hail from the capital
city Of the Old Dominion and from the
native to the manner born who has never
hitherto voted for Republican for the
Office Of President.
This is n momentous campaign and II
behooves all thoughtful lovers of our
great country to give earnest heed TO
the issues now at stake. II am a Vir-
ginian, but. best OF all. I am an Amer
ican." declared the immortal Henry
upon an occasion when American lib
he was n greater American because he
was Virginian.
Many man who has never voted for
d Republican President is heartily in
favor of Harding for the reason that
his words and manner are in striking
contrast with the yappings of Candidate
Cox the ringing emphasis the Repub-
lican candidate puts on america first
and his unwilllngness to submit to the
arbitrary and autocratic mandate Of the
President and his party in making the
Versailles peace treaty League covenant
sine qua non of patriotism.
Ism I 1t quite possible that one may
demur to the treaty plus" and justly
triticise our Presidents action without
having in his heart a hymn of hate
The charge that opposition TO the unre-
serle ed League was inspired by party
jealousy does not explain the votes OF
the twenty-three Democrats In the SEN
ate who splendidly voted with the Re-
publican majority.
With no rancor in my breast against
our Chief Magistrate personally. and In
iull accord and compliance with a rule
of my Methodist Church communion
which forbids speaking III OF magistrates
It is perfectly proper 10 voice my dis
sent from the Wilsonian policies as det-
rlmcntal to Americas best interests and
ardently TO desire the success of the dis
t!nctivc America first" policies And
here is the real line OF cleavage in the
ana Tnternationalism
While never sighting any moral obli-
cation TO any nation. isn't Il about time
10 pay more strict attention to our home
affairs. that have been so long and "a
sadly sighted by the attention given to
worldwide idealism?
The referendum on November . will
register Americas emphatic desire and
determination in behalf OF America
first" w. VI. BIcKENs.
RrcH MoNp. Va. October IS.
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A Race for Real Sailors.

The Gloucester fishermen, n frdter-
nifty of sailors as bold as any seadogs
who sail, have accepted a challenge
issued by the Halifax mariners to sail
a race Of forty miles against the Nova
Scotia schooner Delawanna, and the
fishing schooner Esperanto has been
chosen to fly the Stars and Stripes in
the contest. The Esperanto brought
in cargo of fish the other day and
is now being cleaned up for her COM
Ing sporting excursion.
This will be a race Of working ships.
manned by working crews, captaiped
by Working shippers. There Will be
no time allowance. The masters Of
the vessels must have fished on the
Banks for at least a year. Each
schooner may carry crew of twenty
five men. The challengers have sug-
gested that sails shall be Of ordi-
nary duck and of an area no greater
than those in use on the Banks, and
shall be limited to mainsail, foresail.
jumbo, jib topsail, fore and main
working gaff topsails and fishermen
staysails," and if these limitations are
adhered TO there will be no opportu-
nifty to introduce novelties in rig use
full only in a race.
The schooners are Of practically
equal dimensions-the Esperanto is
107 feet inches over all, against the
Delawanna's 106 feet inches-and
it is safe to say they won't call the
race off even If the wind blows twenty
miles an hour This international
ocean race will be for a silver cup and
a purse of $1,000, of which $1,000 will
go TO the winner.
We hope and expect the Gloucester
men will bring trophy and cash home
with them.
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The Dragon Won.

The last of the plebiscites ordered
by he Paris conferences has been
decided by the election held in the
contested Klagenfurt district. The
issue was, Shall this territory remain
Austrian or shall 1t be Incorporated
in the new Jugo-Slav State? The
voting began last Sunday and the re-
suit, which has just been announced,
was. to the surprise Of both Slav and
German, in favor Of Austria.
This territory has been disputed
ground for centuries. The Austrians
have worked TO Germanlze II, and the
Slovenes, the original inhabitants,
have struggled hard to maintain heir
racial superiority. The controversy
was at its height when the world war
began, and after the war IL was car.
ried to Paris. BY the Treaty OF st.
German the final decision was left to
the inhabitants themselves. The dis.
trict was divided into north and a
south zone. As the northern zone was
believed to be strongly German It was
agreed that the future status Of the
territory should rest with the cnoicC
made by the inhabitants Of the south
and that the election should be held
first in this zone.
But the northern zone held the key
TO the whole situation, because within
II was Klagenfurt. the capital OF
Carlnthla and the most important
town Of the region. In the sixteenth
century some citizens conceived th'
idea that st. GEORGE. SrEGFErED ant
other dragon slayers had had too mucl
credit for the encounters and that IN,
dragon had been neglected So they
generously had an immense bronz'
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HOW LONG CAN MEN FAST?
An Acquaintance Of DIR. Tanner Does
Not Wonder at Mayor MacSwiney.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Your
editorial article on How Long Can a
Man Fast ?" KS q great satisfaction to
me because you have told some simple
things contrary to "the opinions of our
learned physicians. who refuse to be-
lieve a man can fast sixty days"
1t seems strange that none OF these
learned physicians has read the books
Il DR.. Edward Hooker Dewey of Mead
Vile, Pa, who was the pioneer in this
country In the cure Of disease by fatf
ing. He describes in his books the cases
Of many long fasts taken by his pa
tents under his care. The longest case
lie tells of was of child whose stomach
was destroyed by a dose of some kind
Of acid given by mistake. and they alb
aolutely could not give 1t any food OF
any kind, liquid or anything. and yet the
child lived over seventy days. j am not
sure, an my books are in storage ware
house and l can't get at them. but
think Il was seventy-three days. III a
lttle child can live as long as that, there
= no question but a man can live
equally as long or longer. as he would
ave more fat and muscle and diseased
tissue TO feed on.
have made hobby OF the mature
cure" OF which the fast Is the main
stay, and have tried II on myself many
times Just TO see what IL would do 20
me-just short fasts, of which the long
est was eight days. / have seen many
other people who tasted much longer
was personally acquainted with Or. Tan
rer when he lived In San Diego. Cal.
The last time saw him he was sc years
old and was very active in mind and
body. lie took second fast lasting
Forty DAYS several years after his first
famous fast of forty days. and thereby
cured himself Of disease (kidney,
Think that threatened TO prove swift
and fatal. lie is' dead now and lived to
DO over 90. When / knew him he ate
MY twice daily. as / DO, and was vege-
tartar. like my self
MacSwirey could easily fast sixty
lays. and so can any other man or
beast IL he does not get scared and
rraid he will die of starvation. II Is
re fear OF death by starvation that
s,lis shlpwrecked scamen. II they only
knew that fast OF a few weeks, pro-
vjded they had some water to drink
would burn up the rotten stun In them
and purify their blood--in other words
II they had the right mental attitude
to calm their fear Of death--they would
i've without food. The Mayor OF Cork
has now tasted 20 long that he has lost
nil fear OF death by starvation. and ]
would not be surprised IL he lives sew
enty days. GEORGE NJ EcGLEsroN.
ULSTER PARK. october 16.
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MoNTANA,S WOMEN.
Picture OF a State Where Equality
Rules Between the Sexes.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: In a news
article entitled "Non-Partisans Seize
Control Over Montana" you say:
Harding will win Montana. Women
viii line up with their men folks. The
independent woman is not so frequently
found here as In the East. Men stil
wear the crown. bit furnished here.
as elsewhere. TO be sure. but their reign
appears TO be continuous.
Now as a woman citizen OF Montana
take exception TO this entire para
graph as well as the entire article. In
asmuoh as ! have spent eighteen years
In Montana and an equal length of time
in the East / assume that / can give
you some points on the relative status
Of women in the two sections.
l agree with you the women of Mon
tana will vote for Harding, but 1t won't
be because their husbands do, but be-
cause he is absolutely upright and clean
morally and because he has not lined up
with liquor interests in the past. That Is
the kind OF candidate who appeals to
women voters regardless of party. l can
name you twenty women in our small
town who will vote for Harding and
whose husbands will vote for Cox.
As TO the statement that the inde-
pendent woman Is not so frequently
found here as in the East" will you
kindly take a look at this letterhead
and note the names of the women hold
Ing Office In our Republican organiza-
ton, and these women all have hus-
bands? If they were not individual
thinkers and voters what would be the
use of having them in office; why not
nave their husbandsS
This letterhead would be typical of
any political organization sent out from
our State. / am In charge OF the Re-
publican county headquarters myself.
Can you name me any county in the
East that would trust such an Office to
"a woman. whether she were capable Of
handling It or not? Oh, yes. we do our
own thinking out here. and the strange
I'art Of It is our men admire and like
us for It.
You say "Men still wear the crown. "
We of Montana represent the highest
type OF democracy and discarded all our
crowns years ago.
Men and women cooperate and work
together in our State, and it isn't a
question of either sex dominating the
other. Our women are the most inde-
pendent thinkers in the world and our
men are the most generous and broad
minded. Mrs. y. o. JOHNSON,
Secretary County Republican Central
Committee. Livingston, Mont.
LIVINGSTON, Mont, october IL.
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members of his family followed the
deposed CONSTANTINE into exile. The
Greek people have SO far manifested
no great desire either for the return
of CONSTANTINE or for the recall of
ALExANDER's oldest brother, Crown
Prince GEORGE, to become their King.
The ruling sentiment in Athens APP
parently Is that If the monarchy
is continued in case of ALExANDER's
death a King will be chosen from
among the. nobility of one of the
Entente countries.
But the followers of CONSTANTINE
have been carrying on strong cam
paign in his favor from headquar-
tiers in Geneva and Berlin. They have
taken advantage Of the general cleo
ton to be held in Greece early next
month TO push forward the claim of
the deposed monarch, or, in case
Greece turns entirely from him, the
claims of Prince GEORGE. They have
attempted to conceal this issue behind
the one that has arisen in Greece,
which is, Shall the nation continue I'M
der the leadership of VENIzELos?
With VENIzELos in retirement they
believe that their principal opponent
would be removed and the way would
be opened for the overthrow of ALEX
AMBER The death Of the young King
or even a regency and the possibility
Of the establishment OF new royal
house put in their hands new
argument Of propaganda which they
are now employing. In their election
campaign.
The death of the young King would
seriously disturb many of the plans
which VENIZELos has formed for the
development of the Hellenic kingdom.
But the situation would not be more
perilous to the nation than other crises
in the past through which this able
statesman has successfully led it. In
considering Greece the world has
looked less to her King than 70 htr
Premier, and it will again turn to
VENIzELos whatever be the outcome
of ALEXANDER'S Illness.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-18
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
DIR. Dillonfs Reference to Rumania
and Certain Financial Proposals.

To THE New YORK HERALD: DIR. 70. ]
Dillon on page 2l3 of his Inside Story
Of the Peace Conference" makes the fol
lowing statement; what does 1t mean?
The cardinal fact which. In the judg-
ment OF the Rumanians. dominated the
situation was the quasi ultimatum pre-
scented to them in the spring. when they
were summoned unofficially and privately
10 grant Industrial concessions TO push
ing body OF flaanciers or else TO abide by
the consequences. one OF which. they we're
told, would be the loss OF American ac-
tive assistance.
They had elected to incur the threat
ened penalty after having carefully
weighed the advantages and disadvan-
tages OF laying the matter before Presi-
dent Wilson himself and inqulring off,
cially whether the action In question was
,-as they felt sure Il must be-in contra
diction with the Presidents east Euro
pean policy. For II would he sad 10
think that abundant petroleum might have
washed away many OF the fluctuations
which the Rumanians had afterward TO
endure and that loans accepted on oner-
GUS conditions would. as was limited, have
softened the hearts OF those who had 1t
In their power TO render the existence OF
the nation sour or sweet.
on page 219 of the same book the
Great Three" are spoken of as "un-
Bolshevists." and the reader
Is forced to the conclusion, as he finishes
that section on Rumania. that but fol
the absolute disregard OF the mandate
of that Great Three" Europe to-day
would be Bolshevistic. M. NJ. s.
BENNINGTON, VT, October 16.
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PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.

Trend OF the Times, by Dr. John IL.
Randall. at Washington Irving II. s.. irving
place and Sixteenth street.
Trend OF the Times" by MIR. Arthur -.
Rees at Z. s. t65. 225 West l0stll street
Trend OF the Times" Ivy William Trad
ley Otis. PHI. D., at Pilgrim Hail. fiity-
sixth street and broadway.
Trend of the Times" by Prof. Nelson p.
Mead. Pin. D.. at Morris ". s.. l6Hth street
and Boston road. The Bronx
Racial and Linguistic Structures. by
Prof William u. Guthrie, Pin. D., at +. 3.
40. i5Gth street and 81. Nicholas avenue.
The Antarctic; What We Know and What
Bridsman. at p. s. 50, Dos East Fifty seventh
street. Stereop;icon Views.
business Progress Prosperity and ran ,,,S,'
In Economic Cycles" by John Franklin
Crowell PHI. D., at L. ;. u, Hester ana
From the Crescent City 20 the Bluegrass
Country" by DR. Thomas f. Potterton: az
street. Stercopticon views.
''Famods National and Patriotic Songs %
America" by Mr., Lewis A. Armstrons at
ST. Columbia Hall, 343 West Twenty-fifth
street. illustrated by songsI
Some American Composers and Poets"
by Miss Sally Hamlin. at Evander ChildS
n. s.. fs4u. -'scet and Field place, Tho
"Trend OF the Times" ~ .s1s NarT ".
Lease. at Bu-hwick II. g.. Irving avenue,
Madison and woodbine streets. Brooklyn.
''Bible story OF Esther " by Misc Ada
zimmerman. n. Eastern District II. r..
Marcy avenue and Keap street BROOKLYN
''rhe Face OF France" by DR.. Harry
webb harrington, at Erasmus Hall IT. s..
Flatbush avenue. near Church avenue.
Brooklyn. ~
str'traina and the IIlSrainians." by Milton
wright, NJ Manual Training II. s.. Seventh
avenue and Fifth street. Brooklyn.
Paving the Path To Peace by Major
Colnan II. Frank, at j. $. 100. Herklmer
erect between Eastern Parkway and Olive
street, BROOKLYN
concentrations" by pr. Simon r. Klein. at
brooklyn Public Library. Greenpoint Branch.
Norman avenue and Leonard street Illus
trnted.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT and Underemployment and
tho RENE lies Proposed" by Mr. w. Field
man. M A.. nj Richmond I'M ". s.. Stoot-
hoff and Ridynwood avenues, l.. I.
Tho Struggle for Freedom Of the Sea"
", Father Daniel g. Cunnion AZ =. s. o..
r.ightv-fifth street and Shlpley streets.
yyoodhaven l., l. Stcreoptlcon views
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MONDAY. OCTOBER IS, 1920.
t,hop the Budget and Save the City.

one part Of the Board of Estimate
has quarrel with the other part over
the constitutional legality of the ten
tative city budget. for 1921. The Citi-
zens Union and the Bureau of Munich
pal Research have quarrel with the
BOARD of Estimate over the honesty OF
the figures set forth in the budget.
The gist Of the dispute is the charge
that the Board of Estimate figures
the budget at S34O,000,000 when as
a matter of fact it is very close to
half a billion of dollars, and that the
budget makers estimate the revenue
ut some S347. 100000, while it actu-
ally will be some $407, 100000.
That is the quarrel now raging in
the board itself and in the courts as
well. But the people Of New YORK
have quarrel. in the highways and
the byways Of this town, with the
Board of Estimate and with the mu-
nicipal administration over the fail-
ure to slap the brakes on spending
and to slash appropriations out of the
budget by the tens of millions OF dol
lars. whether there Is or is not $780,
100000 more revenue in sight than
is admitted whether the expenditures
will be S160,000000 more than the
majority budget makers acknowledge
or a single dollar more.
The budget may be honest in its
mathematics or 1t may be dishonest,
hut at the higher figures or at the
lower figures it is an unbearable bur-
den to the people of this city. 1t may
he a fact that there will be S6O0OO,-
600 more of revenue to spend than Is
indicated i'm the budget statement, or
ii may not be a fact; put In either
event the colossal municipal spm ling
is l.uinous. The credit of the city can
not stand it, The real estate and
those who foot the bills of real estate,
whether owners Ole tenants, cannot
Stand il. The thousands Of businesses
that pay the rents anu tne thNes cam
not stand it unless they increase their
selling prices to the public, and tnen
the public cannot stand it.
This city cannot retain its suprem-
acy In commerce, industry and finance
when it is buried under munic-
ipal waste and debt burden. Men
cannot transact business in this city
rs they have done If that business is
devoured by municipal government
costs. Men cannot live and pay rent
in this city as they have done. Men
cannot work in this city as they
have done.
When the choice is cutting of the
colossal expenditures, and a cutting
by tens on tens Of millions, or ulti-
mate bankruptcy Of the municipal
treasury and ruin Of the municipal
community, the New York budget, be
it honest or be II false in the figures
now under dispute, must BE chopped
With an axe. Slash the budget any.
how and save the city.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-18
Absentee Voters.

Fewer citizens have sought the
privilege of absentee voting this year
than the promoters of the new system
believed would avail themselves of It.
In the campaign for The constitutional
amendment allowing absentee voting
it was freely asserted that at least
$4,000 travellers were deprived of
their votes because, through no fault
of their own, they were away from
home On election day.
We said while the amendment was
before the people that in our opinion
the advocates of the change greatly
overestimated the number of those
who would take advantage of it. This
belief is justified by the comparatively
few applications which have been made
this year for ballots under the law
passed in accordance with the amend
ment. However, to each of the rwo
or three thousand men and women
who have been recorded under the
new law the vote is highly impor-
tant matter, and there is nobody who
will not be glad that a way has been
found to let them assert. their convic-
lions at the polls along with other
citizens.
Probably majority OF the alb
sentee voters are statesmen obligel by
their occupation to be away from
home in early November A canvass
of their vote for President woul: be
interesting, for they are representa-
tive Of a highly intelligent. expert
enced fraction of the electorate,
trained in a sound school and &C us
toned to straight thinking on bust
ness and politics.
Their choice will be hidden. for the
secrecy Of the ballot must be main
tanned inviolate.
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ENDOWMENT FOR POE
COTTAGE HERE SOUGHT
Bronx Society Will Start
Campaign for Funds.

The Edgar Allen Poe cottage. in
city park at Kingsbridge road and
Grand Concourse, The Bronx. Is In
need OF repairs. campaign for funds
10 raise an endowment for the upkeep
OF the property Is to be made by the
Bronx Society OF Arts and History. The
Columbia Trust Company. Third ave-
nue. and i4sth street, has been appointed
as receiver OF contributions.
Mira. Charles u. Dickey. chairman OF
the Poe cottage committee OF the So
ciety. explained that the city has made
a grant OF the use of the park for the
cottage, but that there are no public
funds 70 maintain the building.
Mrs. Dickey said in addition to the
other improvements II is proposed to re-
move the paint and restore the original
color and TO take the wallpaper from
walls and ceilings. The kitchen fire.
place Is also 10 be restored. Other MEM
hers Of the committee are Reginald Pei
ham Bolton. Edmund Childs. Eliza beth
A. Cowan. Mr.. and Mrs. William White
Niles and Charles W. Stoughton.
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which he may have been doubling
since he had to pay S1.10 for an alumni
mum funnel weighing four ounces
Living his school days over again,
the adult reader will discover what
good style there is in the textbooks.
The short sentences crackle like the
wood in the fire. We quote from Dean
VTvIAN's book:
Alcohol is prepared commercially
as corn or potatoes. The starch is
first converted into sugar by means
of malt, and yeast is then added"
No wasted words; only the crisp
relation of vital fact. The reader,
hungry for great truths, hurries on:
Many beverages contain alconol
in greater or smaller quantity. In
all cases the alcohol is produced Dy
fermentation. Wines are made by
the fermentation of sugars in fruit
juices. particularly OF the grape
Hard cider Is really a wine produced
from apple juice. The yeast plant,
since 1t is always associated with the
fruits, need not be added in wine
making. Beer is made by the fer
mentation of malt; in this case the
yeast is added"
The story rushes, telling the reader
what whiskey, brandy, rum and gin
are made from. And as If the text
were not plain enough, there is a
lovely little picture of "a still for the
production of alcoholic liquors"
We don't see why the school book
publishers fail to get the parents as
well as the children to read their
wares Attractive jackets ON the
books might help. And blurbs TN
this book the author lays bare the soul
of sweet potato. tears aside the veil
that has hidden ammonium chloride
and reveals the terrible secret. of
gluten biscuits" Why not?
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PEACE BY THE DOLLAR.
Bryan's Ten Billion Dollar Scheme
Only Beginning.

To The NEW York HERALD: That
grand old man ex-Candidate w. j.
Bryan proposes that the United States
shall cancel the debt of 10000. 900, 900
owed by the Allies to this country, in
this way ito buy world peace universal
ard perpetual"
But that would be just the beginning
OF buying. If hel were correct we would
need no League of Nations or Article X.
Every nation which felt like going to
war would put price on keeping the
peace and the United States would pay
the price asked
Wilson's Is peace by war. Bryan's
ie peace by the dollar. Both are DEM
ocra!s. Better vote for Republican
President. Il. V. NJ.
New YORK. October 16.
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Safety First in the Woods.

To THE NEW York HERALD: The let
ter of IF $. r." warning deer hunters
to lock before they shoot. reminds me
of a remark on the same subject by an
other "F s. r."
Frederic Remington once said TO me :
II wouldn't 20 deer hunting In the Adj
rondacks unless I was surrounded by
a brass bank" JNo. G. HOWARD.
OcDENsBuRc, october 10.