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New-York tribune., 1921-12-06
Mrs. F. V. Underwood.
Mother of Senator, Dies
End Comes at Home of Son
in Birmingham, Ala, at
Age of Ninety

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 5.-Mrs.
Frederick Virginia Underwood, mother
of Senator Oscar Underwood, of Ala
bama, died at the home of her son,
Fred v. Underwood, early to-day of
heart trouble.
Mrs. Underwood was born in Peters
burg, Va, ninety years ago. Burial
will take place Wednesday morning at
Louisville, KY.
Mrs. Underwood is survived by three
sons and one daughter, Senator Oscar
Underwood, Fred " Underwood, of
Birmingham; Major Sidney s. Under
wood, u. S. A, and Mrs. w. 7. Under
wood, of Birmingham.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Senator
Underwood left here to-day for Bir-
mingham, where he was called by the
sudden death of his mother. Up until
last night Senator Underwood had re-
ceived favorable reports regarding his
mothers illness. Mr. Underwood's ab-
sence was expected to affect the work
of the armament conference. He is one
Of the American delegates and also
chairman of the subcommittee dealing
with Chinese tariff matters.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-06
Luncheon for Mr.. Ba1four
Society Notes

Mr. and Mrs. Moses Taylor and their
daughters, Miss Marion and Miss Edith
Taylor, will sail for Europe to-day on
the Caronia. They will pass the winter
Il the south of France and in Egypt.
The anniversary dinner Of the St.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-06
John W. FITzMAURICE

John w. Fitzmaurice, forty three
years old, travelling picture salesman,
died suddenly yesterday at the home
of Abraham King, 80 Riverside Drive.
Death was caused by acute indigestion
end heart disease.
Mr.. Fitzmaurice's body was turned
over to his two sisters, Mrs. F. Nc
Namsra and Edna Fitzmaurice, who
reside at 22S West 10Sth Street.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-06

Nicholas Society os New rorx witi be
neid Tonight at che Hotel Commodore.
Many prominent speakers will address
she members, among them being Suf-
fragan Bishop Herbert Shirman. Major
General Robert Lee Bullard. II. s. Al.
former Governor Alfred Il. Smith and
the Netherlands Minister, J. q. A.
Everwijn, The Rev. DR.. Howard Duff
HELD is the president Of the society,
lander, Paul G. Thehaud, Edward q.
Schevmerhorn. Leonidas Westarvelt.
Alfred b. Schcrmerhorn and Court
iandt Nicoil.
Mrs. Waiter c. Witherbee and Miss
Louise q. Withcrbee have arrived In
town from Port Henry. N. Y, and are
at the Ambassador Hotel.
Mrs. John E. Berwind, Mrs. whitney
warren. Mrs. William M v. Hoffman
and Mrs. Augustus +. Kountze we're
among those who entertained at lunch
con yesterday at Pierre's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Thorn King
have arrived in the city from Tuxedo
Park and are at the Hotel Lorraine.
Mrs. c. Oliver Iselin and Mrs. Alex
ander Brown entertained ab dinner
last nighS at the Ambassador Hotel.
Mrs. Joseph Wood Cushman, of $50
Lexington Avenue, will give q dance
December 8 at the Cosmopolitan Club
for her daughter, Miss Elizabeth Lam
bert Cushman, and Miss Elizabeth
Bleecker Carey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Church will
give 81 dance on January at tho Ritz
Carlton for their debutante niece, Miss
Charlotte D. Church. daughter of MT.
and Mrs. Frederic E. Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Holland Duell
will give a small dance tonight at the
Ritz Carlton Hotel. Preceding the dance
the guests will be entertained by a
private showing of motion picture.
Mrs. William r. X. Taylor will give
luncheon to-day for her daughter,
Miss Marjorie Taylor, at her house, SO
West Fifty-fourth Street.
Mrs. Barton Cuyler will entertain at
daughter. Miss Grace Cuyler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Columbus ODonnell
Iselin gave a dinner last night at the
Hotel st. Regis.
Mrs. William +. Sheehan is a guest
of Mrs. Arthur B. Twombly at the
Hotel st. Regis. Mrs. Twombly gave
q small dinner for her last night,
The Marchioness OF Donegal will
sail for Europe to-day on the Arabic.
n. Haywood Merrill, Of 12e East
Eighty-second Street, will give dance
in the ballroom of the Hotel Plaza on
Saturday, January 81, for her debutant
daughter, Miss Dorothy Merrill.
Bruggerhof Wedding Thursday
The marriage of Miss Lucy Otis
Brusgerhof, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Everett Bruggerhof, Of New
York. and Norris Edward Pierson, Of
Stamford, Conn, will take place on
Thursday, at o'clock, in St. James's
Church. Miss Frances E. Bruggerhof
will be her sisters only attendant. Mr..
Pierson will have his brother, DR..
Richard N. Pierson, for his best man,
and the ushers will be Samuel N. Pier
son, Charles Stewart Smith, w. RAN
dolph Montgomery and William M.
Milliken. There will be no reception.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lee Mahin, of 375
Park Avenue, announce the engage
ment Of their daughter, Miss Margaret
Mahin. to John Reynolds Hammett, son
OF Mrs. Il. D. Hammett, of this city.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-06
Society Enjoys
Seasons First
Bagby Morning
Subscription List Indicates
That These Musicales Al
tain Greater Popularity
at Coming of Each Year
Luncheon for Mr.. Balfour
Statesman Is Guest of Mrs.
Whitelaw Reid al Her
Home i'm Madison Avenue

Members of society were present in
large numbers yesterday at the first
for this season. Albert Morris Baubv
musical morning. at the Waldorf
Astoria. These affairs have been fea-
lures OF New fork's social season for
years and the interest in them in
sreases each year. Subscribers in
clude some OF the most prominent
members OF New York's social world
and the ballroom of the Waldorf was
crowded yesterday morning. MANY
luncheons in the main restaurant Of
the hotel. followed the musicale.
The artists included Nine. Aida, NJ.
Gisli and NJ Casini, 'cellist.
Among those seen ins the audience
were Mrs. Hamilton Mex. TwombIy.
Mrs. Henry Fairfield Osborn, Mrs. VIII
Ham G. Rockefeller. Mrs. William Orr
Barclay, Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg, Mrs.
stuart Duncan, Mrs. George w. Wicker
sham. Mrs Finley J. Shepard. Mrs.
BENJAMIN Prince, Mrs. William Barbour.
Mrs. Wilbur Bloodgood, Mrs. John d.
Rysn, Mrs. C, Oliver Iselin, Mrs. Clar-
ence Cary, Mrs. Charles S. Whitman,
Mrs. Dudley Davis, Mrs. Burke Roche,
The Countess Dru, Mrs. Horstio N.
Slater, Miss Louisa Wilson, Miss Mary
pearsali Field, Or. and Mrs. Preston
Pope Satterwhite, Mrs. Marshall LET
ferts, Miss Alice de Lamar, Mrs. j.
Robert Mckee, Mrs. Charles Boughton
Wood. Mrs. Wesley Watson, Miss Helen
Coppell, Miss Annie Burr Jennings,
Mrs. George Fl. Benjamin, Mrs. John
p. Duncan, Mrs. J. Horace Harding,
Mrs. Warner M. Van Norden, Mrs.
Leland E. Cofer, Mrs. Edward NJ.
House, Mrs. Samuel Thorne. Mrs.
James Lenox Banks jr., Miss Florence
and Miss Evelyn Loew, Mrs. Henry M.
Tilford, Mrs. Lindiey M. Garrison.
Mrs. Arthur. Cumnock, Mrs. Freder-
lex B. jennings, Mrs. J. Am ory Haskell,
Mrs. Alfred n. Beadleston, Mrs. W. W.
McAlpin, Mrs. d. Hunter McAlpin jr.,
and Mrs. E. Powis Jones
Luncheon for Mr.. Balfour
Mrs Whitelaw Reid gave a luncheon
yesterday at her house, 451 Madison
Avenue, for Arthur j. Balfour. At the
luncheon were Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas
Murray Butler, DR.. and Mrs. James
Rowland Angel. Mr.. and Mrs. John w.
Davis, the British Consul General in
New York and Mrs. Gloster Arm
strong, Henry White, the Marchioness
of Crewe, the Countess of Granard,
Sir Arthur Willert, the Rev. DR. and
Mrs. John Kelman, the Rev. DIR. H.
Percey Silver, Mr.. and Mrs. William H.
Croker, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic R.
Coudert. Colonel and Mrs. Grayson NJ.
P. Murphy, Mrs. Frederick W. Whit
ridge, Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden Reid,
Maurice Paterson. secretary to Mr.
8alfour, and j. Coleman Drayton.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-06

Birth, Engagement, Marriage,
Death and In Memoriam Notices
may be telephoned to The Tribune
any iin7e up to midnight for in-
sertion in the next day. paper.
Telephone Beckmon 5000.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-06

Mrs. Barton Cuyler will entertain at
luncheon at the Plaza to-day for her
daughter. Miss Grace Cuyler.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-06

Mrs. William +. Sheehan is a guest
of Mrs. Arthur B. Twombly at the
Hotel st. Regis. Mrs. Twombly gave
q small dinner for her last night.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Columbus ODonnell
Iselin gave dinner last night at the
Hotel st. Regis.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-06

Mrs. William r. X. Taylor will give
luncheon to-day for her daughter,
Miss Marjorie Taylor, at her house, SO
West Fifty-fourth Street.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-06

The Marchioness OF Donegal will
sail for Europe to-day on the Arabic.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-06

n. Haywood Merrill, of 12s East
Eighty-second Street, will give dance
in the ballroom Of the Hotel Plaza on
Saturday, January 21, for her debutant
daughter, Miss Dorothy Merrill.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Holland Duell
will give a small dance tonight at the
Ritz Carlton Hotel Preceding the dance
the guests will be entertained by q
private showing of motion picture.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-06
Bruggerhof Wedding Thursday

Mr.. and Mrs. John Lee Mahin, of s75
Park Avenue, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Margaret
Mahin. to John Reynolds Hammett, son
of Mrs. Il. D. Hammett, Of this city.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Church will
give q dance on January at tho Ritz
Carlton for their debutante niece, Miss
Charlotte D. Church, daughter of MT.
and Mrs. Frederic E. Church.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12

standing Of the country TO which he
is accredited. That this makes hin,
un-Anserican, however, Is hardly con-
ceivaala, unless he be a man OF
tiabby character. It is the first
duty Of an ambassador to protect
Americas interests. He can do this
all the better Ii he understands the
curious psychological forces OF alien
public opinion and policies. Ger
tainly it Injuries his usefulness to be
notoriously antagonistic.
The position of Ambassador &c
Japan is probably the most irnpor.
tant diplomatic position as yet un-
filled. Our relations are such that
the services of a man Of wide ex.
perience, much tact and deep under.
standing are needed. His task is &c
promote friendly relations and not
to mar them. Certainly unneces-
sary elements making for friction
and suspicion should not be in.
troduced.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Eyayfi Again

The charges once more made
against the American methods in
Hayti will, of course, be made the
most Of by the elements in this
country which act on the theory
that the United States is always
wrong. In the matter of Hayti en-
couragement has apparently been
given to the delegates who have
once more raised the cry OF "Hor-
rors in Hayti."
Secretary Of the Navy Denby,
who has recently returned from
Hayti, characterizes the charges as
"tho same old rot" and says he
would welcome any Investigations
that Congress might desire to make.
The whole Haytian matter should
be settled once for all. American
troops are in the island and, accord
ing to the President Of Hayti, must
stay, A treaty WIS negotiated and
constitution adopted under the
Wilson regime, but there are evi-
dences Of lack of cooperation be-
tween American and Haytian Off
cials and of probably justified HAY
tian dissatisfaction. The admins
tration there seems to need i'm
provement. But that this can be
assisted by the publication in a new
guise of old charges against the ma
rines--charges that have already
been investigated--is highly i'm
probable.
Last November the President of
Hayti told the Tribune representa-
tive that the treaty between Amer.
lea and Hayti had not been carried
out, and intinlated that the Ameri-
can Minister and the financial ad-
viser--both Wilson appointees-
had n,isrepresented anairs to Wash
ington and were guilty Of oppres
sion ard neglect Of duty. Whatever
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Madame Cm,ie

America properly extends the
warmest OF welcome to Mime. Curie,
one of the foremost scientists of the
world and in achievement the great
est woman of the present genera
tion. It was happy inspiration
that led the American welcoming
committee TO raise fund of $780,
900 to bay and present q gram of
radium to its discoverer.
OF Nine. Curie the scientist it is
unnecessary Co speak. AS recip-
lent Of the Nobel prize and as a
member Of the exclusive French
Academy of Science her rank is
fixed. And to Americans the glory
Of her work is not lessened by the
fact that she came from the people,
herself earned the money that main
tained her when a student at the
Sorbonne, and first saw the rays Of
the self-feeding jewel metal that she
uncovered in laboratory so limited
as to be little more than g closet.
But Of the woman who has done
much for other women it is we'll to
bear testimony. She is personal
force for the upliftment Of her sex,
and this despite the fact that she
has not been noted in the self-con-
scious woman movement. After all,
there is nothing that teaches as does
example. 1t is the deed that counts.
Mme. Curie, though her concern is
in pure knowledge, has ended the re-
proach that In the higher walks Of
the understanding women do not
travel. Her wonderful career, as
wonderful when she was strug-
Cling as when fame came to her, is
inspiring thousands Of women to
press on and up.
The Poles properly take pride in
their great compatriot. When Po-
land became free Potsdan jour
nails derisively suggested that Mime.
Curie, born Sklodowska, be one Of
the chiefs OF the new republic. The
Poles did not shrink from the pre-
posal. II Germany had made u
cult of supermen, and the supermen
had miserably failed, perhaps q
superwoman would do better. So in
the American chorus of welcome it
is proper for the voices of former
Poles to be conspicuous
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Bergaoll Puzzles

Bergdoll, the War Departments
prize draft evader, boasted in Ger
mary chat he hadn't the slightest
difficulty in getting out of the United
States Treasury the gold coin which
he told his lawyers he had hidden in
the mountains Of Western Maryland.
Creating the impression that he had
a buried treasure there was an es-
sential element III his plot TO escape
from prison. His counsel fell for
this picturesque detail, and their cre-
dulity seems to have been shared by
AdjutanE General Harris.
Bergdoll was let out TO recover his
alleged cached capital. He went to
Canada. instead, and then to Baden.
He refuses to say whether the bag
Of gold which piqued the inagina-
tion Of those who promoted his re-.
lease on parole was ever really In
tered or dug out again. But it has
been established by the House in
vestigating committee that he told
the truth about the remarkable ease
with which ths Treasury furnished
him with the coin needed as an ex-
hibit in the comedy he was staging
for the benefit Of the War Depart
ment.
| Any one who tried to get as much
as q SIS gold piece from the banks,
even at Christmas time, will re-
member the stern resistance en-
countered. The Treasury had put
not legal, but moral, embargo on
the exchange of paper for coin and
was In position to enforce it
through flibustering proceedings.
Yet while Bergdoll was in prison as
q draft jumper OF nationwide no
toriety one OF his agents, since con-
victed of completely in his escape,
went boldly to Washington and de-
nnanded and received, with hardly
any delay, $4,000 in specie. Three
weeks later the same agent, accom-
panied by Bergdoll's mother, re-
/ turned and drew out 100000. A
Treasury official testified: "That
was the largest fund in gold that
anybody ever came here and got, SO
far as my knowledge runs"
Why were all doors--even prison
doors-open to the Bergdolls? Every
disclosure made in this extraordi-
nary case deepens its mystery. An
official of the War Department testi-
fed that he recommended sending a
commissioned officer along with
Bergdoll on the supposed treasure
hunt. But only on-commissioned
officers We're sent, and the expedition
/ was made under cover in order to
spare the feelings Of the prisoners
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Choosing Ambassadors

Western Senators have recently
opposed the candidates for anbassa-
doris to Japan and China on the
ground that they are pro-Japanese.
As evidence of bias it has been
pointed out that both have Travelled
extensively in the East and or vari~
Gus occasions have expressed them
selves favorahly toward Japan.
Such criticism smacks of the gos-
sip which said that Mr.. Wilson's rea-
son for selecting a former state Gov
ernor Of Swedish origin to be special
agent to Mexico ives that, knowing
no Spanish nor anything about Mex.
leo, he could not possibly be preju-
diced. Moreover, the criticism
seems to imply that only bowling
anti-Japanese should be sent to
Japan or China--that none other
would preserve Americas interests.
Disregarding the implication OF
tIisloyalty in these arguments, it can
only be said that they do much harm.
Such talk as this feeds the flames OF
antagonism and increases the dis
trust between nations. 1t is part Of
the duties Of q diplomatic represent
ativo 20 havs sympathetic under
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Harnmerixw In the Facts

Such testimony as Julius Krutt~
schnitt. chairman Of the board Of di.
rectors of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road, has given TO the Cummins COM
mittee is calculated to do much good.
OF each dollar taken In by the
railroads 97as cents now goes for ex-
penditures over which The railroads
have no control. Railroad owners
have only mock ownership, because
they do not control their property.
The chief reason for the breakdown
Is that railroad managers lack the
power to be efficient.
OF every dollar of railway re
ceipts Cd cents goes directly for
labor cost. II the labor cost Of sup
plies purchased be counted, more than
95 cents Of the railroad rate goes to
labor. 1t Is thus futile to talk Of
reducing rates If labor costs are not
reduced.
If the simple facts were made
plainly evident the delusion that pre-
vents the public seeing that 1t pays
the labor bill would ultimately die.
1t would be seen where the money
for tickets and freight arrives. 1t
goes not to the railroads as such, but
to those who work for railroads.
A suburbanite knows out Of whose
pocket the wages Of a grass cutter
comes, but he finds it difficult to un-
derstand where goes the money paid
for his communication.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
The New Jersey Elections

''The same old gang" say some,
"have been reelected in the City Com
missioner elections in Newark and
Jersey City" and they thereupon
argue that the commission system is
a failure. This is an unwarranted
conclusion. The changing Of the
names of offices or the method Of
choosing their incumbents does not
automatically transform the COM
pleXion and temperament Of the peo-
pie. Newark has generally been q
Republican city, and so it was
natural that it should elect ma
jority of Republican Commissioners
and that it should put at the head Of
the list man whom it had formerly
elected Mayor. Jersey City is gen.
orally Democratic, and so it elects
Democratic Commissioners. And in
both cases it is only natural that men
Of experience in public life and of
wide personal acquaintance among
the voters should be elected over
newcomers.
But it does not follow that moth
ing is gained through the commission
system. On the contrary, it's great
aims are furthered. Greater popular
interest in the municipal elections has
been aroused; a wider range Of can
didates has been provided; city gov
ernment has been placed upon more
businesslike basis; the personal re-
sponsibility Of the chief officials has
been more directly fixed.
These are big things. The rest is
in tho hands of the people. You cam
not by law compel a citizen to vote
for A when he prefers 3. Frank
Hague and his associates have been
reelected in Jersey City and Thomas
L. Raymond and his colleagues in
Newark because the majority Of the
voters want t:tem in office. And If
the voters want them they ought to
have them.
Moreover, we have a cheerful con-
fidence that--just as it has happened
elsewhere-these men as Commis-
sioners will do, on the whole, better
work than they probably would have
done under the old and less directly
responsible SYSTEM. The commission
system warns the reckless official to
be careful, even though he Is not
good, and encourages the would-be
good officials TO resist evil pressure.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Westward Daylight Saving

70 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I wonder Il the people who
oppose daylight saving realize that
this phenomenon exists In this coun-
try, whether we set the clocks ahead
one hour or not. 1t practically al
ways has existed.
Start from. say, New York City any
day at sunset, note the time, and
Gravel westward by train, automobile
or otherwise. 1t will be seen upon
reaching Erie, Pa, Pittsburgh, Pa, OF
like places that the sun sets Just
about one hour later than in New
York, and yet the clock will be the
same.
In these districts are farms, fac.
tories, Offices, and life in general is
normal, but the people do not bring
up questionable arguments about the
evenings being too long or dawn toe
late. There they have the saving OF
equivalent, and no one ever knows it.
BY advancing our clocks here we
are only duplicating conditions that
have normally existed In other parts
OF the United States, where people
seem far from being inconvenience
Why SO much argument?
GEORGE G. CANNON,
New Rochelle. N. w. May 9, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Cast-Of Goods Made Useful

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: At this time of year many
families arc preparing to move to the
country for the summer and find an
accumulation OF wearing apparel.
shoes, linen, furniture, ornaments and
other household effects which have
either outlived their usefulness OF
which are in such condition that doubts
arise ~ to their future use.
The provident householder will hesi-
tate whether to have them repaired or
20 throw them away. The right solu-
ton is TO send postal card to the
Supply Department of the United
Hebrew Charities, at 2o4 East Twenty
third Street, which, on request. will
send for the accumulated material and
repair. refinish and rehabilitate the
same by cobblers, seamstresses, tailors
and other mechanics who, were it not
for this employment would become
charges Oh the society.
Where possible the reconstructed
material is distributed to the thousands
OF families under the care OF the So
cisty. and The material which 1t not
usabie is sorted and sold and the
proceeds used for the benefit of these
families.
LEOPOLD PLANT, President.
New York, May 10, 1924.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Bulgaria MobiLizes Labor
York Required of Every Able~Bodied Subject

rondissements and departments, ac-
cordi4.g to the need.
Article 11-Exempt from emergency
labor are:
(a) Those incapable Of all work;
(b) Those who are in prison or ar
rested under criminal charge;
(c) The seriously i'll;
(d) Fathers who have more than
one child called to service, and have
in the family no other member ca
pable Of working;
(e) Sons of widow whose family
has no other member capable of
working;
CN Brothers who havs in shefr
charge orphaned brothers and sisters
who have not IN the family any other
! members who could assume the sup
port;
(g) Officials considered indispen-
sable by the Council of Ministers.
Article 13--Cornpulsory labor in
the case of men will be used In the
nearest departments or localities, ex-
cept In cases which require work in
moro distant places; and in the case
Of women in the netghborhood Of their
homes.
Article Is-persons subject to COM
pulsory labor are distributed by
categories, according TO their previous
training and to the work to be- &C.
cornplished-vsz., field, technical, trade
mines, fisheries, etc.
The category Of farm laborers shall
be distributed in groups by depart
ments; the other eategories will form,
special groups for the whole country,
according to need.
Officials who neglect TO utilize the
labor placed at their disposal are sub
ject to fine up 20 5000 levas or Co one
years imprisonment. II the sct is
committed knowingly the fine imposed
may be raised TO 10000 leva and the
tsrm of imprisonment extended to two
years.