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New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
Hurley's Dream
OF 2 Sea Giants
For u. S. Ended
Plan for Pair of Largest
Ships Afloat, To Be Used
as Liners Carrying 5000
E a c h. Is Abandoned
Economy Is Watcl,word
Shipping Board to Build
Only 70 Combined Pas
sengcr and Cargo Craft
By Theodore M. Knappen
New York Tribune
WueL:,,to,, r,e,.>o.,


New York Tribune
Washington Dureau
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.--Thc Ship
ping Board has definitely abandoned
the ambitious scheme of former Chair
man f. N. Hurley to build and operate
two great passenger steamships for
the tran-Atlantic trade that would be
larger and faster than anything else
afoat.
Concomitants of the plan as original
ly put forward by MIR. Hurley included
the creation Of terminal for the
monster ships at Montauk and the
double tracking Of the Long Island
Railroad for the trans 'er of freight
and passengers expeditiously from
Montauk to New York. The ships
were to have a speed Of about thirty
knots and were to make the passage
Of the Atlantic in four days. Their
estimated cost was about $25,000,000
each.
The designs were developed after
months, of study by special board. of
which Admiral Taylor Of the navy was
chairman, and celebrated marine
architect and staff of draughtsmen
gather data regarding the interior
construction and arrangements of the
ships.
Floating Cities Planned
They were to have been 1000 feet
long, 1O2-foot beam and a deadweight
tonnage of $4,000 and were to have
been equipped with turbine engines of
10000 horsepower. The ships per-
sonnel would have numbered 1000
each and they were to have accomc-
dations for 5000 passengers
The reason for abandoning the build
ing of the big ships is that the board
feiS it ought 20 keep away from
all new construction. and as work had
not begun on the actual building of
tho two big liners it was easy to
drop them. Unoff!cially. however. the
idea is described rs ''onc of Hurlcy's
announced as definite project
If MI Hurley had not resigned the
scheme would have been carried
through, but the Montauk terminal
would not have been realized and the
ships would have made New York their
base Mr.. Hurley thought the great
ships would pay, but even if run at
loss he considered them necessary as
sort of advertising department for
the new American fleet, his idea being
that they would stimulate American
interest and pride in commercial sea
power.
The Shipping Board in all its feet
of about 1000 vessels is building only
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
Columbia Asked to
Send Pupils Abroad
To Study Business
Prof. Egbert i'll Favor of Act
ual Contact With Foreign
Customs and People for
Students in New Course

Recommendation that American
students of business be sent to foreign
countries as part in extending the
nations foreign trade are made in the
annual report of Professor James C.
Eebert, director of the Columbia School
OF Business. made public Yesterday If
his suggestions are accepted, six fell
lowships of $1,000 each will be given by
Columbia for study in the United States
and some of $4,000 for study abroad
students should be sent to impor-
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18

deaths of my grandfather and father"
In reply Bismarck told the prince
that the best thing he could do was
to consign the proclamation to the fire
as quickly as possible.
The other two letters concerned q
movement headed by DR.. Adolph
Stoecker, then court preacher, over
which the prince apparently was en-
thusiastic, but of which Bismarck
showed his disapproval. The Chan
cellor's replies to these two letters
are Incorporated in the volume, which
then reveals letters written by William.
who in the meantime had become
Crown Prince.
Opposition to War Declared
Replying to charge by Bismarck
that certain military clique was adj
vocating war against Russia. and his
admonition to the Crown Prince not to
permit himself to be influenced by such
currents, William assured the Chan
cellor of his peaceful settlement and
could be prevented. even if the Cen
eral staff believed it advisable when
the auspicious moment should arrive
The Crown Prince added his expires
sion of approval with respect to Ger
many's generous attitude toward France
in 1871, which he designated as politi-
cally wise, although it probably was
imprudent from a military standpoint.
a letter from Emperor Frederick III,
in which he expressed alarm over the
Crown Princes education and general
nature, also is included in the volume,
it is said. for the purpose Of proving
that the father was out Of patience with
his sons mental development and gen
eral temperament.
The litigants appraise the value of the
action at 100000 marks (s125,000).
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
Court Frees Alleged cred"

BOSTON, Jan. 17.--Judge Anderson,
in the Federal court, to-day ordered
the release of Peter Frank, of Swamp
scott, who was held a. Deer Island as a
radical subject to deportation ~ find
that Frank is citizen of the United
States and is held without warrant"
the court said.
New Ulm review., 1920-10-13
ENGAGED IN SPLENDID WORK
New York School Devoted to the TASK
of Making cripples and Unfortu-
mates Self-Supporting.

From his association with the late
Rev. H. Boswell Bates, founder of the
Neighborhood house, George A. Mer-
rift learned how little was being done
to make pplessaself- supporting and
how common, almost universal, was
the belief that owing to various afflic-
tions these unhappy ones must always
be d burden on others. This was not
his belief, and So strong did he hold
an opposite conviction that, with the
aid of q few charitable persons whom
hes Inspired With It, he founded the
Path school at 60 West Twenty-F fifth
street, New York, in order to teach
cripples commercial and railroad teleg-
raphy.a and thus give toa them that
greatest boon, means Of livelihood;
This school is still young, but it has
already proved itself many times over.
It trains. legless, armless, and de-
formed persons, but especially the
young who are thus afflicted. either in
the course laid out by the school or In
some other line most suitable to indi-
vidua1 cases. 1t is free to all, non-sec-
tartan, and itshas already in its short
life lifted nearly SO poor creatures
from a state of dependence. or even
penury, to positions where by honest
labor they earn from $12 to ;$18 per
week and have the Joy that, comes
from self-support.
New Ulm review., 1920-10-13
DRAW ON AFRICAN FORESTS
Plan on Foot to Increase Worlds Sup
ply of Wood From That Source
Going Forward.

A reinforcement for the world de-
mand for lumber is preparing in Brit
ish East Africa, where there are be-
tween 100000 and 100000 acres Of
woodland to draw upon, and new in
dustry, very infantile at present, is ex-
pected to grow so rapidly that the gov
ernment is now considering plans to
improve the harbor facilities for ex-
porting the forests. The best wood is
suitable for wheel makers and wagon
.builders and the making of wood block
paving, railway sleepers, bridges OK
yokes, and ak, pick and tool handles.
1t also makes good flooring and lining
boards. The builder, however, must
needs be of@a patient disposition, if he
pestpones building until these British
East African woods are available
Meantime there are new sounds in
some Of the African forests, the
rhythm of the woodsman's ak, the buzz
of the sawmill,. and the putting of un-
dersized locomotives on the, narrow
gauge tracks that are. penetrating
from the main line Of railway into the
woodlands. And many d workman, no
doubt will some day work with tools
whose handles grew in an African for
est. .,. ts
New Ulm review., 1920-10-13
TERM THAT. BANlsHED ANGER
AppeIIation Bestowed on Bachelor
Maids Put Further Animosity 4
slssi Out OF the Question.

The two Elton sisters, age thirty and
thirty-two and very successful business
women, live. next door to the Smith
sisters. about fifty and tifty-two, who
are also retired and given to the oeeu.
pations Of crocheting and quilt spiee-
ing. The Elton sisters speak Of them
selves as "old maids" and the Smith
sisters as ."pesky old maids, in order
to distinguish between them. II Also
they are given to much pitying Of the
second-class Indies.
But the other evening one of the
Elton sisters clad ina bungalow
apron, was out sprlnkling the lawn.
As she moved around the house she
heard the Smiths in conversation.
Yes, ssister.s9;age has its compensa-
tions," one was saying: Nov look
at those girls next door. They no
sooner get home than. they get into
those aprons, 50 scanty that they are
imRodest. Of course, they're Just
kids, but still" al
That was enough for Miss Elton.
With a rush she was in the house. .
'Oh,s Grace" she told her sister,
8breathlessly. ''tllose Smiths are real
nice. We've got to stop calling them
pesky old maids.'
And now generously the sEltoRs
speak Faof them as "the other old
maids. Nc ,3s .zs d II
New Ulm review., 1920-10-13
"lste Of Artists

An island ina Lake Como is to be
known as the; Isle Of Artists {" And
thereby hangs astale. The owner Of
thezisland.. sig Gaprihi, was a great ad-
mirer Of king Albert Of Belgium, and
in his will he leftsait to him with the
wish that q II. might serve some noble
purpose. which Italy could share. King
Albert through his minister Of arts
and sciences, has handed over the
property to e tie Italian government
with the object of making the spot a
restful retreat and center Of activity
for those who have devoted their lives
to art. Under the Academy Of Milan
villas are to be built for artists and
the place will be transformed into a
little capital for. promoting the fine and
Industrial arts III the Italian lakes dis
trict. Chicago Daily News.
New Ulm review., 1920-10-13
WHITES 10. ABB soRB MAoRls7
That Fate, Rather han Extinction,
Said to Be Assured to New Zea- 81
Land Tribe. . !.

". The ingenious explanation that they
wouldn't haYe i eaten neighbors had
beef, mutton or pork been more album
tlant on the early New Zealand market
stamps the native Maoris as a race
with working brains, and their phy--
siquess have long been praised. 1t fs
not surprising, therefore, that, as ..a
correspon lent records, these aborig-
ainals are among the few in modern
times who. instead of prompt Y vanish
ing, will doubtless be absorbed into the
white man'sif family.
Fifty thousand pure; bred Maorls still
remain, half OF whom are practically.
civilized Many have attained to high
political position. There are -four, Mao
ri members inisthes house ofrepresen entaf-
ttfyes, two in the legislative council.
and one IS an imp pol.tant minister In the
executive council ]: & II. 4
Themselves Polynesfans OF, remote
East Indian blood, these natives, be 1t
added, s. are not strictly aborigi ginals.3
i i They are thought to have .''displaced,;
la Ia table 'hote.; some 800 Years ago a,
! sayory stock of Melanesianss sorssIa e ~
puans. 49, q s. is Sa s 8
New Ulm review., 1920-10-13
] Iesbe1dsiNas an ACROBAT.

lss Net tar q from the spot where The. II.
tcsYasssdnk sby an iceberg ia AprIt.
$lsal aalsfipets of IA icebergs, some Of
.a1 them ls!l J. lrlAhgt to more than 100 feet
above sfhe sssli.er line. were sighted BY
the steahsl slatp Munaires on a recent
svoyag IA. s. ss5
captai1 l['t + ilf flfHsmriing Of the Munatres
saysSthaf onf of the bergs gave re-
|markable Exhibition Of tumbling as the
vessel sadled past. It had apparently
4 lost good deal of Its under water
weight through the action Of the warm
/ s5seasWat seq atefI and 5ass they watched it the
great iceberg suddenly tipped to, star.
J. board "a and rolled over with an immense
Splash. As AS It fell, a big section of the
top broke away, with the result that
sttle balance IS was altered and the berg
/ tumbled hack again Then, just as Il
was rfgftlng ltsel another, section
broke off, and az it tllgnbled once more.
!. The IN sight was most unusual one.
Edinburgh Scotsman. 5.@f5
New Ulm review., 1920-10-13
4. Why Ship Is Feminine.

A ship is invariably spoken Of as
Of the feminine gender; this Is traced
to the ancient Greeks, who called all
ships feminine names out Of respect
to1Athene, goddess of the sea. Friday
is believed to be an unlucky day by
those who are superstitious. It is de
rived from the fact it was the day of
Christ's scrucifxion. as well as the one
on which Adam and Eve ate the for
hidden fruit. Few, perhaps. are
aware, why a weather cock Is fre-
quently attached to a church steeple.
This is believed to remind people sof
Peters denial of Christ. It iss3a com
mon belief that pea cocks feathers are
unlucky.a This is due to the tradition
that the bird opened the gate Of para
a1tse to the serpent. ;s sss5
New Ulm review., 1920-10-13
JOURNAL PRINTED BY INDIANS
cherokees Once Had a Newspapers
That May Be Said to Have Be-
come a Power.

The Cherokee Indians, when still oe-
cupying what now Is the state Of Geor-
gla, published a newspaper in their ma
tive tongue in 1928. One of their tribe,
Sequoyah by names in 1923 designed
50 characters that 5were to represent
the Cherokee languagaMiM print. The
national c6mmittee ansephncil of the
tribe meeting at New Eehpta, the cap-
ital of :.heir. nation, in 1926, voteN5a,
fund to buy type, a press and the
essary equipment. The paper IS
known as the Cherokee Phoenix. Half
of 1t was printed in Cherokee and half
In English, Hundreds of full-blood In
dians who otherwise would have re-
mained illiterate all their lives were
thus enabled to read after mastering
the alphabet. These Indians became
subscribers of the paper, as did mem
bers of neighboring states, and the pa
per became power.
The Phoenix was known in Eu-
rope" and among other famous pa
pers that asked to be placed on the,
exchange list was the London Times.
The paper was in operation for about
five years, and was harassed when the
movement having for it's object the re-
moval Of the Cherokee Indians west
: ward was at it's height. 1t suspended
publication when the Georgia state
legislature forbid white man to live
among the Cherokees.
The honor of becoming the firstsIn-
dian editor fell to Elias Boudinot, a
native-born citizen of the nation. $
New Ulm review., 1920-10-13
cuItivating Edible Bamboo.

The Japanese edible bamboo has
been successfully introduced into the
southern portion Of the United States
by the department Of agriculture. Sew
eral plantations are now established in
Georgia and Louisiana. Populariza-
ton of the bamboo will furnish large
homegrown supplies of this useful
timber required by our manufacturing
industries. The giant grass grows a
foot day, and its .5O-foot stalk Is
well adapted for making frames, furni-
ture, ladders, trellises and barrel
hoops. The new sprout is delicious
vegetable and resembles asparagus in
flavor and in the manner Of it's prep
aration. There is an increasing de-
mand in America for the bamboo tim
Der, and also for the edible bamboo
shoot. s
New Ulm review., 1920-10-13
New Glass Industry.

Important developments are eyentu-
ally probable on the northern borders
Of Dartmoor, IN Devonshire, England,
B In consequence the discovery .of$.a
very large deposit Of granulite, a. sub
stance Of much value in the manufac-
ture, Of glass. According to experts,
"granulite contains not only silica, but
potash, soda and alumina. which are
necessary in glass making, and Its use
is not only economical, but gives the
best results in the production Of glass
ware Of the highest quality. "a It IS
stated that an experimental furnaee
has been in use for some time. two
others are being constructed, and 1t IS
anticipated that the commercial man
ufacture Of glass will commence Ill
most immed ediately. Scientific Ameri-
can.
New Ulm review., 1920-10-13
FOOL THE c US TOMS OFF GERS
Canadian and Maine Farmers Said to
Have Ingenious Systems Of &
Il Smuggling Devices.

Entirely aside. from questions OF
tariff reform, reciprocity and free
trade with Canada would help to put
an end to the constant lawbreaking
that goes along the border. It is
estimated that eight thousand persons
are engaged inismug ggling. goods across
the Iine.
One Instance has been reported in
which pafty OF schoolboys coasting
In an ossls pun s. down hill that slopes
across the boundary, apparently for
fun, brought With them at every trip
a chest OF tea, until fifty chests had
been smuggled into Maine, contrary
to law. u 80
!. Again, an "aquedu Of small lead
pipe, half mile long, was secretly
laid from a tavern in the Dominion to
public house on the other side OF
the. line, through which hundreds Of
barrels Of gin and other liquors were
pumped. Nor are such "aqueducts"
always restricted to liquors. A wood
en- spout was used for years to convey
oats across the boundary.
The laWbreakers were a New Bruins
wick farmer named Cudley and q
neighbor across the line named Arm
strong. Armstrong raised about six
hundred bushels of oats on his farm
and sold ten times that quantity to
the lumber camps. The customs Off
GERS watched his premises and
searched them at times, but were nev- ig
er able to discover. anything wrong
until after he moved away, when they
found a square spouts made Of boards
and buried under the snow and piles
Of: brush, which extended from Cud-
ley's barn to a bin in the Maine mans
granary. Inside this conduit was a
long belt provided, with tin cups and
attached to a winch that 4could be
turned by a crank in Cudley's barn.
Youths Companion.
New Ulm review., 1920-10-13
Better Not Change Left. ft.Handers.

Better Not Change Left-Handers.
If a child be naturally left handed,
it should be allowed to remain SO, for
an attempt to train it TO right-hand-
edness may easily result in making it
mentally inferior. Or. 81. Griesbach
emphasizes this in an article In the
Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschriftt
(Berlin) explaining that inzleft hand
ed persons the speech center is in the
right hemisphere Of the brain instead
Of In the left hemisphere, as is the
case in right -hande d persons.
The result Of persistent efforts to
make them right. handed may be a
speech center that is not apredomi-
nantly situated on either side, which
condition Gnesbach says interfefes
with the differentfat Ion of the hemi-
spheres throughout childhood and
adolescence. g' ~ y 32 Z s.
He says that once the nnilateral
hemisphere differentiation is' COM
plete. as 1T IS ia adults, a re.education
from left to right OF from right to
left-hande dedness will do no harm to
the brain. {.
New Ulm review., 1920-10-13
Ancient Chinese Ar.

Attention has been called to a not
able addition to the treasures Of the
British museum, in the shape Of a
colossal Chinese figure In wood. 1t is
sculptured from cleverly jointed
blocks, and represents a figure, in a
sitting posture, five feet, eight. inches
in height. It is the first specimen Of
its kind to be added to the national
collections in Great Britain; the date
is thought to be from 1925 to 1870 A,
D.. 1t is to be hoped that the interest
aroused will lead to further study of
this branch of art. It is pointed ont
by. a writer In the. Burlington Maga-
zine of Art that in Cleveland, O., a
competent scholar in connection With
the museum is sent to China to study
the art and collect suitable art treas
ures on it's behalf. - ~. 49,
New Ulm review., 1920-10-13
MORO A DANGER JUS FANATIC
Believes Eternal Bliss 70 BE His II
He Meets Death White Killing
Il Christians. 5'.1@

The psychology Of Mohamme danfsm
Is incomprehensible to persons reared
in the atmosphere and teachings of
American Christianit With us the
separation Of church and state is as
annclsa matter of course as the air we
breathe. With us suicide is immoral
and the killing Of an unbelieyer Is q
E5crime punishable with death. The Mo-
ha1nlne dan has. no sconcept ton Of ecclesi-
astiea and state Jaw There Is only
one laW.sSthe Koran; and while in fact
/ the priest and the ruler may be diff
ferent persons, they are different only
In functional way, like a Judge and
an executive in our government. The
spiritual ruler is also temporal ruler,
as Wass dolianmeaS inss his day. Che
killing OF istians IS q virtue that
merits seVerlas sting bliss in paradise.
The martyrs OF s the early Christian
church burned with no more consumrl-
ing ardor than the humble, gnorant
Mohammedan peasants Who sWearabe.
fore the priest that they Will 60 forth
and devote their lives to killing Chris
tians. Mohammedans who have sworn
Ito kill Christians are ,called, in the
Philippines juramentad6s,5 from the
Spanish, meaning one who has sworn
or taken an oath: Up tosa decade ago
it. was no uncommon occurrence in
Jolo for a Moro fanatic to conceal his
bolo knife, or kris. in a basket OF
fruit until he had passed the guard
@at the gate of the walled town: then
draw his blade and cut right and left,
killing man, woman szor Child, with
perfect impartiality, until q bullet from
the guard stopped his advance. It was
this indomitable will to kill that gave
the Christian Filipino his mortal fear
of the Moro In times past. Q. Garfield
Jones, in Asia s. Il,
New Ulm review., 1920-10-13
WHAT SHAPE HAS MOTH Il H0LE1
On This by NosMeans Simple Question,
Hangs Result Of an Omaha
Lawsuit. l.

On whether moth makes an oblong
hole or round hole when he sinksshis
! moiars into the more succulent por-
tiOns Of dads Inst winter Overcoat or
sisters summer furs, hinges law suit
In Justice Collins court, brought BY
an Omaha store against Miss Jose
phine Hill OF Council Bluffs: The store
seeks to enforce payment for an $50
suit which Miss Hill is salleged to
have purchased. says the WoffdsHer-
aid. q. IS 1: :ss ssss
According to the girls testimony :. a
week after she. bought the suit. she
found a moth hole In It. She returned
1t to the store. The suit was mended
and given back to her with instruc-
tions to wear 1t 80 days and bring it
back at the end Of that, time. II not
satisfactory.
Miss Hill testified she wore the suit
! for 80 days, placing 1t carefully on a
hanger in her, closet each night At the
end Of the specified period, examina-
ton, she said, revealed not one but a
whole community of holes She re-
fused to pay for the suit. and the store
took the. case into court. :. y &. s !.
After one clerk for the store told the
court the holes complained Of couldn't
be meth holes, because any self-re-
spectiye moth eats a round. hole, while
those under discussion were distinctly
oblong; and after Miss Hill had made
an ovh }hit}nn tho. I,olo, M - ~ hr,,.
New Ulm review., 1920-10-13
| GLORY / G DlEs'TRloo'Y d 4 o'YED B TIME


When the ancient kingdom Of the:
Assyrians fell through effeminacy and
negligence 800 years after the Trojan
war, many petty states arose out OF.
its ruins, two of which raised them
selves to a high degree OF power The
kings of Media subdued the mountain
land OF Persia, and established trela-l
tions of amity with hordes that
wandered on the eastern side Of the;
Caspian sea; they conquered alsossa
portion Of the empire which had cen4
tered in lNS1neYeh.s At the same time
the king of Babel, sor Babylon, -four
4 ished With still greater magnifcence
and power. ss,s So: 8 si 8.
ss Baby lion, ancient seat Of learning
and science, Nabo polassar, after a.
long period Of anarchy and division.
erected q most powerful monarchy,
whose sceptre Nebuch dnezzar, his
son, extended from II the Caucasus
mount llo ains, where he defeated the
erians, to the sand deserts of ybia-II
He5bnrnts Jerusalem: defeated Ammon.
Moab ia onquered Tyre, the
richest Of the Phoenic clans Iiaid
waste Egypt md forned his empire
on new bound ndaries. tlorned aby.
lon,5 the city Of his residenc
noblests works aof sarchite cture.. but of
J this city the ruins are scarcely dis
cernible. It is still more difficult to
trace the vestiges Of Nineveh, which
lie a three days journey from It, and
whose ruins have sunk sinsthe mashy
soil. s SIS IS !. s.j 5.E 5sSss ssss
New Ulm review., 1920-10-13
"Goes Broke" in Vaudeville.

~
tits said that the first man to under
take to produce vaudeville in America
was Silas W. Steggs of San Francisco,
who inherited 500. 900 from his uncle
in 1866, and not being used TO handling
money in large quantities, started in
to spend It freely. He went on trip
to Europe and spent most Of his time
atsthe Alhambra music hall in London.
and launched a. project to start the
'.ryew York lha nbra:." His idea was
approved by a number of amusement
people, and he hired hundreds of them
to come to the United States. But his
money ran out and she left his party
s;4onsas boat in New York bay and dis
appeared.