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The New York herald., 1921-12-28
INGERSOLL WATCH
FIRM Is INSOLVENT
f. H. Childs Appointed Re-
ceiver, Assets S2,000,000 and
Liabilities S3,0O0,000.
1T Is FRIENDLY ACTION
Largest Losses Ascribed to
Guaranty Given With Sale
Of Every Timepiece.

The watch that a million billboards
barn sides and mountain crags have
proclaimed the greatest press agent the
dollar ever had went into the United
States District Court yesterday to tell
the world how sharper than a scrpent's
tooth It is to have a thankIess child.
Il was fetched before Judge Learned
Hand by its makers. who. although they
did not claim it, must be considered In
the light of the grandparents of the
faithless dollar. The story is simple.
Parents have moaned IL down the ages
II found the American dollar nothing
but thing of 100 cents hidden away
in mattresses. chimney fiues and woolen
socks. 1t dragged 1t forth into the light
even the radiolight, and Gf you care ia
believe it) did more to make 1t world
celebrity than Tody Hamilton, Jay Rial
Major Burke and Dexter Fellowes did
for crcuses.
Came hard times. Rents went kiting
Folks depended upon town clocks rather
than purchased timepieces. This ben
evoent watch, having spent Its life
demonstrating to folk what mag
nficent thing the dollar was, called in
it's extremity to the dollar. Here was
a time to confound the cyn.cs who say
there Is no such thing as gratitude
Here was King Lear ticking weakly
and holding up palsied hands in atti-
tude of fear. Where was that dollar ir
whose interests those hands had worked
and whose praises that once shining face
had preached?
The New York herald., 1921-12-28
Assets and Liabilities.

There are. of course, other and smaller
creditors. All tod. the Ingersoll liabili.
ties are placed at $3.000,000. The assets
are estimated at s2.O0O,000, exclusive OF
good will.
The papers filed in court yesterday
according to Harry Zalkin, one OF the
of the involuntary bankruptcy petition
At the local offices of the Ingersol cor
poration in Irving place it was said that
there was nothing to add TO what Mr..
Zalkin said.
1T is an utterly friendly affair."" said
Mr.. Zalkin, designed to reh,.bilitate and
recrganize corporation that has fallen
upon evil days. We have very good
reason to believe that the company will
recover completely and -eeume its
wonted lustiness of activity and profit
On May the conduct of the business
was taken over by the creditors com.
rnittee.
The greatest financial losses of the
company were due to Its guaranty. II
guarantees every watch 1t manufactures
During the war IL was totally impos'
sible to put into these watches materia'
as good as the company desired to use
Naturally there are more repairs to be
made to watches manufactured durine
the war. The company made good and
win continue to make good. All it needs
IL q breathing SPELL
Judge Hand appointed Edward II
Childs receiver. His bond was fixed al
$4,000
The New York herald., 1921-12-28
DO!UR FACES SADDEN
RECTOR OF TRINITY
Old Time Fireside Teaching
and Renewal of Religious
Faith His Remedy.

The new rector OF Trinity Church. The
Rev Caleb r. Stetson. Is by no means
long faced prophet of calamity. He
has. in fact, round face and a twin
king eye and might not object to being
called jolly sort of man. Naturally
he wishes that everybody else might be
happy. But instead he sees a great
many persons going through the motions
OF happiness with a dissatisfied look on
their faces that proves they're not really
having good time at all.
Mr.. Stetson's remarks on this sub.
ject In his first sermon at Trinity on
Sunday We're SO widely commented upon
that THE NEW YORK HERALD asked him
yesterday If he would not develop the
theme little further.
WELL" he said, what hal In mind
was that with the simplicity of our
American life there seems TO have
passed something that all OF us wo1ld
give a good deal to have restored Ed.
ucation does not seem to be sicing 1t 70
US. We are taught the things that helr
toward material success. which is ap'
rropriate. of course, but what is being
done to make the boy or girl a spiritual
success? What of cultivation If the in.
which in the long run give the most sat-
isfaction?
Teaching Honesty I'm Schools.
1.-THE other day I read with satisfac-
ton the published remarks of some one
Il wish could recall his naine-whc
said that common honesty should bt
more commonly taught in the public
schools That Is fine, but there Is more
to It than that.
'The generation to which belong
owes more than we realize perhaps tG
the simple teachings and object lessons
that we had in the old fashioned home
The next generation will profit less by
this. to the extent to which the old fash
ioned home and its old fashioned teach
ings have disappeared.
rs It not true that apartment house
life and the distractions of the big city
have tended to destroy the home as WI
know It? The young folk seek OUTSIDE
the home for the pleasures they used t.
find there, and this is natural enough
when you note that their parents arr
doing the same thing. And in thus run
ming about they acquire q sophistica
ton that takes away the capacity To-
real enjoyment.
'It is the fashion among young per
sons to-day to take nothing seriously
or at least to pretend that they do not
A while ago I heard the opera Il;
Boheme.' 1t is an old opera and o
course has its absurdites. But 1t wa
well done on this occasion and the las
scene was really very affecting.
"As we left the theater, under tn
spell of the moment, I heard a youni
woman-she was just out of college
exclaim: Did you ever see anything
The New York herald., 1921-12-28
TYPHOID SUITS START SOON.
Senecn Falls Man to be Heard BE
ginning January 10.

ROCHESTER,, Dec. 27.-The first OF a
series OF suits against the Gould Manu-
featuring Company and the Seneca
Water Company, growing out of the re-
cent typhoid epidemic at Seneca Falls
is scheduled for January 16 In the Su.
preme Court here, 1t became known here
to-day.
The complainant Is K. II. Bartlett of
Seneca Falls. Representative Gould of
the Thirty-sixth Congressional District
Is a member of the first named defend
ant company.
The New York herald., 1921-12-28
II WORDS IN HIS WILL
DISPOSING OF WATCH
Unn,entioned $4,000 Prop.
erty Goes to Heirs at Lnw.

One or the shortest Wills ever filed In
the Surrogates Court was entered yes
terday by the executors of William w.
Rivers, who died on December z In his
home, 424 West 10th street. II con-
tains only seventeen words and dis
poses Of nothing but tho testator's
watch, but arranges that his son and
daughter. william Clare Rivers and
Mary Rivers McManus. need not give
bo~Ar ae execrtors.
The will reads, Watch to Howard,
Name and Clare to act az executors
.I.loDt b0n.'s. My last Will and testa-
ment" II was executed a few hours
before death. and as Rivers left prop
erty worth $4,000 all his possessions
except his watch will have TO be divided
among his heirs at lay, according 70
the statutes OF distributions.
The New York herald., 1921-12-28
STRAWBERRY TARIFF HOLDS.
Petition for Increased Rate From
Florida In Denied.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.--Increases in
express rates on Strawberries from
Florida to points IN the northeastern
portion of the United States. for which
application was made last September 20
have been refused by the Interstate
Commerce Commission on the ground
that rates are sufficiently high to insure
a reasonable return to the express com
panies.
The New York herald., 1921-12-28

Ingersoll factories in Waterbury. Conn
and Trenton, N. J.
The legal proceedings were instituted
before Judge Hand yesterday. Zalkin &
Cohen. lawyers, 40 Chambers street. rep
resented the creditors. Charles IL. In
gersoll. secretary of the corporation. ad-
mitted the insolvency and said that the
company was wholly agreeable TO the
proceedings. The creditors named in the
petition are the National City Bank
which holds Ingersoll notes for $500, 900 (;
the Chase National Bank. which pos
sesses a like sum in the corporation's 8
paper. and Hathaway, Smith. Folds g.
Co.. 45 Wall street. The latter creditor
possesses $4,000 worth OF the notes.
The New York herald., 1921-12-28
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT,
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.

the United States demanding forfeiture thereof
under the provisions of the National Prohibition Act of October 2S
seized and held quantity of intoxicating liquors.
containers and utensils heretofore seized by the National
Prohibition Director within the Southern District of New York
about February l6 1890 to December l9el and
the details for which forth in the schedule annexed the
original libel filed the Offices of the Clerk of the United States
Southern District of New York December
Notice hereby given that the is appointed for
trial in the United States Court and Post Office Building Nam
haitian New York January 49, 1872 at the opening of Court
All notified then and there appear and defend their
interest any, said goods All not appearing will be daulted
Dated: December 81, 1921.
WILLIAM c. HECHT,
WILLIAM HAYWARD, United States Marshal.
United States Attorney.
The above published pursuant Order of the United
District Court of the Southern District of New York. filed
the Office of the Clerk Of said Court the s2nd day OF Deocr
der, losl =
The New York herald., 1921-12-28
Arraiened Before Judge Hand.

Where? Back In the old mattress /;
back In the sooty chimney fiue; back In
the ancient woolen sock. Again and
again the frantic watch cried to its
dollar. Vast silence! The dollar slum-
bered In his warm bed and his father,
the watch, was arraigned-lean, lone
and lorn-bcfore Judge Hand.
To elucidate, the watch making firm
of Robert H. Ingersoll G. Brother has
admitted itself insolvent. Bad markets
weakened finances and, last but not
least. its inability to take UP outstanding
notes accomplished it's downfall. 1t will
continue to make watches so long as
there is any demand for them. 1t win
go on making good the defects in
watches already sold. 1t is friendly
suit. with everybody pulling together to
restore the breath OF industry to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-08
haaaant. with juncturc with the re-
naainder Of Ireland secured by a
common council, Is not concession
enough.
Coalition First

The Republican County Commit
tees subcommittee on which is
placed the business Of doing what
it can to name a ticket and adopt
a platform that will command all
the good government and anti-Tam-
many elements Of the city is to
meet to-day.
The subcommittee, at the thresh-
old Of its work, should adopt as a
fixed policy the principle that it will
do everything in its power to pro-
mote coalition. It's duty will be but
half done if it merely tepidly &C.
cepts coalition. 1t needs also to
promote it zealously and to be
active in removing all obstacles. On
the Republican organization, as rep
resentative Of the largest group of
Tammany's opponents, rests the
chief burden of attracting the maxi
mum support to a common ticket.
Fusion Is not easy to establish.
The primary law has added many
practical difficulties. Hence the
greater reason to permit no petty
pride or thought Of prestige or feel
ing that the other fellows should do
the yielding to create stumbling
blocks. The subcommittee should
adopt as its motto "We're for flu
SION" 1t should be glad to make
every possible concession to further
it. Tammany agents will seek to
insert dividing wedges and will
pound on them. To join in this is
not good service either to the cause
of good government or the Repub-
lican party Of New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-08
New York, July 6, 1921.
Thrills and Thrills
To the Editor of The Tribune

l 0 inc Edltor OF The Tribune.
Sir: | was interested in reading
your editorial on "Fistic Idealism. !"
You gave very good explanation Of
why people gather in large numbers
to see first-class prizefght. No doubt
one reason why people in all walks of
life delight in such encounters is be-
cause they love to be stirred. People
have always been that way.
Let the roformers substitute some
thing in the place of fstic encounters
that will stir and thrill the people.
Let them employ great singers and
great orators. Whitefeld used to have
congregations in the field of forty to
fifty thousand people to hear him
preach, from common people to lords
and ladies'. They focked to hear him
because they knew they would be
stirred, and they were never disap-
pointed.
Mere opposition to prizefghting will
accomplish little toward doing away
with it. o. W. WEBSTER.
Cortland, N. Y, July 6, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-08
Recognizing Relief

The charges Of DR.. Thomas w.
Salmon that the hospital facilities
for our wounded men are wholly in
adequate merely add further testi-
mony of a condition already widely
condemned as shocking.
There is a remedy, however, in the
passage of the Sweet bill as origi-
nally introduced in the House of
Representatives. This provides for
the grouping into one bureau of all
the agencies of relief at present split
among different departments, and
the regional decentralization of the
work so as to create sub-ofiices
throughout the country where cases
can receive prompt personal atten-
ton. Through providing for such
regional treatment it will be pos
sible to eliminate waste Of time
caused by men from all parts of the
country having to appeal directly to
W e~S~AAo cSAs "A 1llc1ll WILL 2OlG 10
apply to center near his homo and
have his claim personally investi-
gated. Each regional unit is to
have complete administrative or
ganization, able not only to investi-
gate. but to act upon the cases within
its territory.
Unfortunately, however, there has
been an attempt to nullify the effec-
tiveaess Of this bill by introducing
an amendment which denies the
right Of the regional Offices to make
compensation and insurance awards
and grant vocational training.
Inasmuch as these are two Of the
most important functions of war
relief work, it is obvicns that to DENY
them to the regional Offices is to de-
prlve the new system Of one of its
most valuable features. The bill as
originally drawn promised quick re-
lief. Why spoil it by reopening the
way again to endless red tape?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-08
Postponing the Federal Bonus

Secretary MELONS letter to Sena-
tor Frelinghuysen sets forth candid
~ the serious objections to the
passage of the pending soldiers
bonus or adjusted compensation bill.
If the adjusted compensation had
been authorized by Congress in the
winter Of 191S-'19 it might have been
absorbed without much disturbance
of government finances into our vol
ume Of war debt. That was a period
OF imitation on all sides. The Treas
ury's policy took little thought Of the
morrow.
Now, however, the government is
trying to put its affairs in order. It
has adopted program of intensive
economy. 1t is trying to sreduce
taxes as well as expenditure in order
to stabilize business. Every man,
woman and child in the country has a
stake in this economic readjustment
the soldiers and their dependents
no less than the others. 1t would be
an injury to all to disturb the
process. The Treasury hasn't the
money in sight to invest in a bonus,
and if it had, it would still be Of
doubtful expediency to invest it in
bonus at this iuncture.
The disbursement Of $4,000,000,-
600 or $4,000, 100000, even if spread
over period of years, would, as
Secretary Mellon points out, start
another wave of imitation. 1t would
increase the public debt, depress the
value of outstanding Liberty bonds
and obstruct refunding operations.
The Federal governments present
urgent duty to the soldiers is to give
adequate care to the disabled. 1t
can do that, but it couldn't pay a
bonus at present to the others with
out sacrificing most of the progress
made so far toward economic recov-
cry.
The states, which are able to pay
and are burdened by no war debts,
have taken the lead in equalizing
soldiers compensation. They should
be encouraged to continue work
which they have voluntarily as
sumed. So far as immediate bonus
commitments are concerned, the
state seems the appropriate agency
to look to.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-08
Britain's Irnmortals

A test recently was made by a
London literary journal to discover
from its readers who are the forty
British immortals in letters. Hardy
had the greatest number of votes :;
Rudyard Kipling came second, X. G..
Wells third, j. M. Barrie fourth and
Bernard Shaw fifth. Joseph Con-
rad, hailed by many distinguished
observers as the head and front of
English fiction. is eighth. In the en-
tire list only two women are men
toned, Miss Sheila Kaye-Smith (32)
and Miss Alice Meynell (34), and
Gilbert Murray, George Moore and
Sidney Lee all are rated below these
two. The influence of that practical
rule, keep yourself in the public
eye," is illustrated in these prefer
ences. Few will quarrel with the
Judgment that places Mr.. Hardy
first. But in such q race the time
Of starting is of great Importance.
Mr.. Conrad has not been going SO
long or so stridently as Mr.. Shaw.
whose opinions upon every subject
under the sun are so uniformly dis
counted by a host of unbelievers.
George Moore, it is true, is an old
hand, but he has bad disposition,
unrelieved by Shaw's excellent wit.
England's newest and best biog-
rapher, Lytton 5trachey, isn't men
toned at all, and as for Mrs. AS
quith, that she also was left out
shows that after all one must have
something else besides. the mere
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-08
Motor Car 'Murder"
Suburbanite Calls for Drastic Law toI
Prevent Fatal Accidents

Prevent Fatal Accidents
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I am glad to learn from your
editorial Of this morning, Highway
Pests" that needed extension Of the
state traffic laws has recently been
made in granting magistrates the
power to suspend the licenses Of oper-
ators of motor cars in cases Of certain
violations. However, this benefits New
York City only. When will we have
relief in the outlying districts and
throughout the state? An awakened
public consciousness has moderated
the killings in the city, though, as you
mention, they have increased more
than one hundred for the first six
months Of this year over the corre-
spending period of last year. But the
increase through the state exclusive
Of the largest cities. threatens to-
doubls last years death list.
When other crimes than motor esq
murder are persistently committed the
police are denounced. Yet it seems to
occur to no one that the police arc
responsible for the enforcement Of the
traffic laws, az we'll as the other laws
of the state, and that they should be-
required to do their duty /
The usual police attitude appears to
be that the laws are to be invoked
only when they want to "get" some
particular person. They seem not to
know that these laws are for the pros
lection Of human life and, to be ef.I
fective, must be enforced prior TO acci-
dent rather than after, when the
harm is done. New York City has
twenty-four hours day enforcement.
Until we have it outside the city kill-
ings will double yearly.
After some six years careful obser-
vatlon-as driver in city and coun-
try have come to the conclusion that
we shall have no adequate enforce
ment of the traffic laws until we have
such body as the present state troop
ers, greatly augmented, in the place Of
our present local police.
BY adding one more law to our stat
utes the traffic laws. etc, can be made
self-enforcing. Such q law would de-
clare that driver of motor car shalt
be liable to the charge of murder in
the first degree when a fatal accident
results from his violating any of the
state traffic laws or local ordinances
the purpose Of which Is to preserve
human life. M. WELLER.
New Rochelle, N. Y, July S, 1921. 4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-08
Renter Sam Browne

One hundred thousand former off,
GERS of the A. E. F. will probably
remain forever in the dark about
the mystery Of the Sam Browne
belt. Why was it worn in Europe?
Why was it banned in America?
Why did General Pershing alone
continue to wear it on this side Of
the ocean, despite Secretary Bakers
order that the belt was not part Of
the equipment in the United States?
After living in Sam Brownies in
Europe the officers Of the A. E. F.
developed a certain feeling for them.
Few found them useful, but nearly
all thought that they were decora-
tive. and bought enough polish to
keep them shining brightly after the
armistice.
Then came the dark rumor from
America that when once the trans
port entered the three-mile limit the
oCIl o1OWllC UClG Cd1llC UIlueI LIl6
prohibition laws. 1t was limited that
Secretary Baker thought them I'M
democratic. They made the distinc-
ton between officers and men too OBJ
vious. Others said that the officials
in Washington were jealous because
they had not been allowed to appear
in them.
But as rehabilitation progressed
the Sam Brownies were joyful,y
slowed away with the tin hat, gas
mask and other relics of war and
forgotten until General Pershing re-
turned and photographs of him
wearing Sam Browne belt in Amer
lea were circulated throughout the
country.
And now General Pershing has be-
come chief of staff, and almost his
first official act is to make the Sam
Browne part Of the uniform in
America.
A hundred thousand veterans ask
"What is the answer"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-08
IreIand's Division

A recent issue Of The Belfast
Newsletter devotes large amount
of space to historical and indus
trial review of Ulster. The facts
and figures it gives indicate the
arguments the north of Ireland is
able to advance for it's opposition to
being compelled to accept the domin-
ion of the rest Of ireland, which is
numerically preponderant.
The population of Ulster is 1884,
500 and of the rest of Ireland $685.
523, with the two cities of Belfast
and Dublin about equal in size. Yet
in this Homo Rule act, which Ulster
has accepted, it is provided that
Ulster shall pay 45 per cent of the
total sem to be contributed by the
whole OF Ireland to the British i'm
pcrial treasury. The division repre-
gepts an attempt to measure the re-
spcctive wealth Of the two areas as
signed to the two Irish pariiaments.
Details seem to support the gen.
ersl conclusion that Ulster is rela-
tivcly tho richer and more progress
.sive. The valuation Of the province
is s3a 900, 900 and of the rest Of Ire
land s5S,oo0,0o0. listers taxes, as
levied by local authority in both
cases, are lower. The foreign trade
OF listers ports in 1920 aggregated
s35, 100000 in value and that of the
ports OF the rest of Ireland was SUBJ
stantially the same in amount. The
factories OF Ulster turn out goods Of
twice the value OF the product of the
rest OF the island. Nor does this mean
neglect OF agriculture, for Ulster has
l,72S,436 acres under cultivation.
against 3,59S,000 acres in southern
Ireland. The savings banks figures
suggest that Ulster is much tho more
thrifty, and in the fields of educa-
ton, litcracy and the like the coma
parison is even more strongly In III
ste~'s favor.
Ulster, according to common hu-
man habit, has fair conceit of it
self. 1t would not have outside rule,
and is especially unsympathctic
toward rulo by the remainder Of ire
land. Time and again it has seen
the rest Of ireland reject Home Rule
II the six counties Of Ulster were
left out. 1t wonders why and asks
Il It's acceptance Of a separate Par