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the death rate follows. The re-
searches OF DR.. LEONARD HILL OF Eng.
land and DR.. ELLSWORTH HUNTING
TON of the United States have
brought out this important fact.
When 1t is realized that during the
winter months the death rate is far
IN excess of that of the summer sea-
son-it is about twice as great in
January as in July-the necessity
OF finding the cause or causes be-
comes apparent.
One important fact has been estab-
lished, namely, that the death rate
among people who are habitually out
of doors is materially less than that
among people who live habitually
within doors. Definite figures are
wanting In the matter, but the gen.
eral truth is beyond question. The
reason therefor is not certainly
known, but strong suspicion ex-
lists that 1t is due to the stagnant,
polluted and excessively dry air OF
living rooms. DR.. HUNTINGTON has
shown by actual trial that moisten-
ing the dry air of hospital wards re-
duced the number Of deaths, espe-
cially after operations. Nearly half
century ago General GREELY, then
the head of the Signal Service, noted
the fact that with the onset of the
dry, hot spells of summer the death
rate at once began to mount.
A committee Of pathologists and
meteorologists of the American Me-
neurological Society has been ap-
pointed to study this matter. The
popular notions concerning the air OF
living rooms are either true or un-
true. If they are true, then medical
and sanitary science must find the
way whereby humanity living within
doors may be supplied with air
whose elements are as near as pos
sible to the optimum degree. When
this is accomplished the general
death rate will again be lowered an
other notch, perhaps to 10 thou
sand, feat which has been accom-
plished by the city of Seattle
The New York herald., 1921-08-30
HONOR DR.. CARLOS M'DONALD.
Friends Give Him Birthday Dinner,
I'm Mountains.

Special Despatch to THE NEW YonK HERALD.
BRETON WOODS, n. h. Aug. 29.-Dr.
Carlos Mcdonald. the New York alienist
who played seventy-five holes OF golf on
his 18th birthday last year, was guest Of
honor at birthday dinner given this
evening in the Cave Grill at the Mount
Washington Hotel by Mr.. and Mrs. M.
w. Gano of Philadelphia. Miss Jean
and Charles Gano gave a supper there
for the younger set this evening.
Arrivals at the Mount Pleasant House
are George F. Hodgdon, Jr. of Over
brook, Pa; DR.. and Mrs. Albert c.
Thomas Of Foxboro. Mass. Mrs. Fred
erick C. Brown and Miss Isabel Shuts
of New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis II. Porter and
family, who have had cottage at Dix
vile Notch, started by automobile to-
day for Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Phillips of New
York have arrived at the Mountainview
at Whitefield.
Mrs. Walter II. Lippincott OF PhiIa-
delphia was In charge OF the annual
Farmer Dance this week at the Waum-
bek. The grand march was led by Miss
Anita Blair of Lake Forest. Ill. and
Miss Ethel Drake of Lakewood, n. J., In
rustic costumes.
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The Greeks in Asia Minor.

The Greek advance eastward in
Asia Minor has halted at the banks
OF the Sakaria River, about half way
between Eskishehr on the Bagdad
railway and Angora, the National
lists capital, its chief objective. The
Sakaria rises in the AnatoIian high
lands and flows In tortuous course
in a northwesterly direction, empty
ing into the Black Sea about sixty
miles east Of the Bosporus. Much OF
its course is through deep ravines,
and II is without bridge from It's
source almost to the sea. II has
proved, as military experts said It
would prove, the most formidable OBJ
stacle to the Greek advance.
Earlier reports indicated that the
Greeks would strike with their full
strength against the defences which
the Turks had erected on the banks
Of the river, along the line OF the
branch railway from Eskishehr, on
the Bagdad road, to Angora Instead
Of this, however, they sent a strong
force south OF the river, with the evil
dent intention Of having 1t make a
rear attack upon the Turks position.
But the natural defences which this
force encountered were more formf-
dable than the Sakaria itself. The
Greeks plunged almost Immediately
into vast waterless tract of shift.
ing sand and hot winds called the
Great Salt Desert, land feared even
by caravans and dreaded by Oriental
travellers as much as the Desert OF
Arabia. Thirst, fever and disease
killed off the Greeks and 50 crippled
their effectiveness that they easily
fell a prey to comparatively small
Nationalist force
With the right wing of that army
thus practically destroyed the Greeks
face a serious situation. Even the
usual hopeful tone OF the Athens
dispatches is missing and there is
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Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York--Generally
fair to-day and tomorrow; little change
In temperature; fresh southwest and
west winds.
For New Jersey-Generally fair to-day. and
tomorrow; somewhat warmer to-day; mod
crate 10 fresh south and west winds.
For Northern New Engnnd--Leneraliy 1alr
to-day and o-morrow; not much change ~
temperature; Inodera;s south TO west ana
northwest winds.
For Southern New Engiand-Generaly fair
to-day and tomorrow; not much change IN
temperature; moderate 10 fresh southwess
For Western New York-Fair to-day and
probably Tomorrow: cooler to-inorrowi mod
crate TO fresh southwest and west winds.
WASHINGTON. Aug 2o.--pressurs con-
sections % east % Of the mi MissIssippi % River and
OF the Atlantic coast and there was o
trough OF low pressure from Quebec pnd
Ontario southwsstward over the lake region,
valleys and the southern plains States, with
lowest pressure tonight In the vicinity OF
Hudson Bay. Pressure WAS also low and
falling over the far Northwest. This pres
sure distribution had been attended by a
rise In temperature within tho last twenty
four hours In middle and northern sections
east of the Mississippi River and by local
showers in portions of the middle Atlantic
and south Atlantic and Gulf States, Kansas
and Wyoming. In other regions generally
fair weather has prevailed
The indications are for mostly fair weather
without much change in temperature to-
morrow and Wednesday In the States east
Of the Mississippi River, except that soma
what cooler weather will overspread the
lake region tomorrow night or Wednesday.
Observations at United States Weather
Bureau stations, taken at p. NJ yesterday
The New York herald., 1921-08-30
New Light on Lord Kitchener.

That Lord kITcHENER'S memory re-
mains peculiarly fresh and that many
of his qualities SO puzzling during
his vivid and active career are as
mystifying as ever finds striking evil
dence in the unusual degree Of at
tention attracted by recent public
comment upon his death and his acts
as the British Secretary for War.
1t was strange thing that to his
death off the Scottish coast so much
of the mysterious should have been
attached that many persons in the
British Isles were led to believe that
he did not go down with the sunken
vessel. Many OF his friends, even his
own sister, insisted that he was alive
after that catastrophe. He was de-
clared by some to have been rescued
and carried away TO the north, and
others insisted he was a prisoner held
secretly in some German garrison.
Another report was to the effect that
his intention to take passage on the
vessel which was to bear him TO Rus.
STA was known to the Germans
through their spy system In London.
The end Of the war disproved the as
sertion that he was held prisoner in
Germany, and more complete inves-
tigation of the sinking OF the Hamp-
shire left no doubt OF the fact that he
died off the Scottish coast. Only a
few days ago the British Government
took the trouble again to deny what
1t had frequently denied before
that the intelligence OF Lord KITcH-
ExERs departure was known to the
Germans, and 1t produced in cub
sanitation OF the assertion German
statements.
Lord EsHER, who represented
KITCHENER in France and who was
for years HIS friend, has just pub
lished book which is based largely
upon a journal the author kept and
which gives perhaps the clearest and
most satisfactory insight into KrTcH-
ENER's character which has yet been
afforded. Lord EsHER does not give
rs the picture OF stern, unyielding
military officer, but rather that of q
man who had been overpraised in the
early years OF his career. He shows
us a KITCHENER who was not intoler-
ant and who was not cold: a man
who was courteous, extremely pa
tient and with a vein OF sentimen-
tality-more for things, 1t was true,
than for persons. He says KrTcH.
ENER was very generally misunder-
stood, his acts were often misinter-
preted, and nearly all the stock
things which used to be said about
him were untrue"
When he became Secretary for
War in 1914 he was no longer the
X. OF X. OF the Sudan and South
The New York herald., 1921-08-30
A Railroad on the Job.

Many railroad men complain that
motor trucks have taken much desir-
able freight from steam transporta-
tion lines. Some of these railroad
men want to have the State and
Federal governments tax freight haul
ing motor trucks in amounts that will
make 1t Improbable for shippers to
use them. In much the same way
railroad men OF a former generation
sought to have fnterurban trolley
roads taxed out of competition.
In New England the Boston and
Maine has been hard hit by freight
truckers, and 1t has started out to
meet their competition by reducing
freight rates on all its branches for
distances up to fifty miles from
Boston. The managers Of the rail-
road believe lower rates will keep
the freight business 1t now does and
win back some it has lost.
This is more sensible way for a
railroad to meet competition than is
the course advocated by those who
want the State and Federal govern
ments to tax motor trucks out of the
freight hauling business. 1t is, In
deed, the only sensible way to meet
that competition. Motor trucks
should bear their fair share Of
the cost Of the roads they run on.
the police who protect them and the
advantages they share with other
vehicles In the tarsitory through
which they run. Soon the great
motor truck companies which have
be.l created all over the country,
operating regular service over regu-
lar routes, will be compelled to oper-
ate under franchises. This is as it
should be, but regulation and fran
chises will be based on public policy,
not on the demand of railroad men
who do not want to cut sky high
freight rates even after other sky
high charges have been cut.
By following the example of the
Boston and Maine the railroads will
go far toward solving the problem
brought to them by the motor truck.
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Africa and he only was as yet aware
OF the fact:
"The armor or his soul had
rusted; he had noted. II others had
not, the corroding traces OF the pas
sage OF years. He glanced round
the War Office for help. but could
find none. Whitehall had been swept
clean In this novel sphere
he was bafled and lost confidence
tn himself"
But there remained to him mo-
ments when he was still great and
when his mind showed flashes of
genius. He knew that the Germans
were coming through Belgium, he
saw clearly what the war was to be,
he strove with all his energy to ale
viate the sufferings of the wounded,
and he foresaw as clearly as any
man did that the battle of the Marine
would be fought. OF conference in
July, 1915. at Calais with the French
Lord EsHER says.
His colleagues were astonished;
told each other that they had never
heard him to such advantage. The
French were much impressed 1t was
for Lord X. a meteoric moment"
Nothing in the book is more en-
tightening upon KIToHESEE's own
estimate of himself than his remarks
at a conference in Paris with Lord
EsHER not long before his death,
Says the author in reporting this
meeting.
He spoke Of the dislike felt for
him by his colleagues. adding; AS
ouIrH is my only friend One pres
ent told him that an eminent mem
ber of the Cabinet had complained
that he was wanting in candor and
too fond of what were supposed to be
Oriental methods He said quite
humblyt Yes, suppose It is SOL but
am an old man and cannot change
my habits--it is too late"
This is a new light and an en-
tirely different light from any the
world has ever had upon an unusually
interesting man. There evidently
remains much more that would be of
distinctive value to history In this
journal of Lord EsHER's. He says,
however, that IL he remains of the
same mind" he will seal up his jour
nal and correspondence and turn
them over to the custody Of the Brit
1rh Museum, not to be opened for
sixty years.
The New York herald., 1921-08-30
Cows and Tuberculosis.
Fresh Air and Exercise Not Sure
Preyentiyes of Disease.

To THE NEW York HERALD: The cat
tleman writing about cows and tubercu-
losis Is partly mistaken in his conclu-
sions regarding the effect OF fresh air
and exercise.
Tuberculosis has occurred among cat
tie upon farms in the best farming coun-
try, and on State farms where the cat
tle grazed free in large pastures. with
no restraint or confinement except pro-
toctlon from the weather In winter, and
having the best care for their welfare
Also cases OF tuberculosis have occurred
among farmers. even upon dry highlands
and hillside elevations.
Stall raising and stall fattening are
not and cannot be done on a large scale
proftably, notwithstanding frequent er-
roncous statements on the subject
FRANK WILLIAMS
NEW YORK, August 20.
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West Point to, Study News.
Course Includes Daily Use by Cadets
OF the New York Herald.
Special Despatch to THE New YonK HERALD

Special Despatch to THE New York HERALD
WEST POINT, N. Y. Aug. 29.-The
United States Military Academy will put
into effect with the beginning OF aca-
denic work, plan whereby cadets will
be required to keep abreast OF current
events as recorded In the daily press.
Two papers have been selected, one OF
which is THE NEW YORK HERALD, for
distribution daily to cadets rooms.
In the sections which recite in English
history, economic and government. the
first part OF each recitation period will
be devoted to discussion OF the news
or the day. The political Industrial.
commercial, financial, social and athletic
news of Importance will all be touched
upon. The attempt will be made to teach
the cadets to distinguish the relative i'm
portance of the several news features
and to report briefly. but accurately. the
essential facts recorded.
This course is a new feature in gen.
eral education. It's purpose is different
from the newspaper reading as con-
Quoted In schools OF Journalism. It is
an attempt to broaden the interests of
the student as well as to deepen his
understanding. It should go far toward
increasing the body of intelligent and
thoughtful newspaper readers.
The New York herald., 1921-08-30
Refuse in Flushing Bay.
Workers ut Rikers Island Accused
Of Careiessness,

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: / have
been a reader of your paper for fifty
years. as my father was before me, and
never have written to you or made
complaint until now. wish to draw
attention to the refuse which is being
dumped in Flushing Bay Much OF this
refuse floats ashore, where It draws flies,
is a menace to health and source of
discomfort.
The cause of this trouble is careless
ness on Rikers Island. Two tons OF
refuse fall into the water from each
boatload taken to the island. They
should have wide gangways to catch the
refuse instead OF letting it fall into the
water.
Women and children bathe In the
waters OF North Beach. East Elmhurst,
College Point, Whitestone, Malba and
Douglaston. The water should therefore
be kept clean and protected from refuse.
OLD FRIEND
Lone ISLAND CITY, August 30.
The New York herald., 1921-08-30
A Substitute for Gold.
Einar d. Morvig Argues the Need o.
Another Standard.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: My at
tention has been drawn to an article
appearing in THE NEW YORK HERALD of
July 2s, which is a sharp criticism on
my "sceptical" letter published in the
Economist Of London some time ago.
did not and do not attempt to prove
that a universal system can work with
cut a substantial pivot ground" but
what ! wanted to point out is merely
that I believe there ought to be a prob
ability OF introducing a moro reliable
regulator of the international economy
than the present, which consists partly
of the gold, partly psychological deca-
dence expounding in degenerate fiction.
have no imminent need OF any fur
ther knowledge OF the present system
as 1t stands and works. I believe
know enough to suit my present pur-
poses. l do not propose to dissolve a
universal system without replacing It
with something fresh and better, which
invention has proved its practical ability.
But I still maintain that gold is no in
compensate basis for the economy of
the world and that II is fictitious value
universally approved.
II It lost its glittering appearance 1
suppose It would lose the universal
esteem simultaneously. The metal Is
only At for coinage and ornaments and
as n rule hid away from the sight of
everybody. Its valuation depends on
the oscillating universal fiction. and its
function makes tho commercial life more
like a theatrical comedy than the very
grave carry-on which degnihed business
mon want II % be. The traditional
renown with which gold metal is glori-
fed Is the implement with which the
pre-war and postwar plutocracy IS
carrying on its ardent rcactonary cam
pagn. think that the strenuous ef-
forts effused In order to vindicate tra-
eitional economic law put stringency
on national and international trade and
prosperity and give too little scope for
the emancipation Of human power in the
service OF social peace and happiness.
] merely maintain that gold is earthly
yellow metal and my critic contends
that IL Is not. lie seems to think that
ii IS some divine stuff predostined to
rule mankind and all human enter
prlses, raised above the sphere or hu-
man criticism without regard TO tho
intrinsic and outward abuses of Its
gospotic function. I say that human
beings are able % svbs'e, wirro'' tho
aN~ 4f* tp g.3care
it q 'Iugh scmc
IOs..-. ..... ...4. ...gl~V medium. The
The New York herald., 1921-08-30
AMERICANS IN PARIS.
Special Correspondence to Tur NEW 70
HERALD.

Special Correspondence to THE New Yosw
HERALD.
PARIS. Aug. 15.-The following Ameri-
cans are registered at the office OF The
Neo York Herald Of Paris:
From New York: Norwood Lykes,
Miss c. L. Vanderbilt, Miss Louise Lee
Willing. ]. Edgar Willing, Mrs. william
Scheuer, William scheuer, Mrs. r. +.
WE'LL, Charles Godanian. George y.
Healc, Or. Michael Epstein. DR.. lie Roy
Mount Bleyer, Mrs. Il. p. Beadle, Mrs.
j. +. Gleason, Herman Warendorf, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank NJ. London, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. r. Thompson, Paul Stanett. Her
bert Oppenhelm Stephen Open
helm, Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Open
helm, Edward Moskowitz, Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Freeger, Misses Blanche and
Sydney Freeger, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Nash. Miss Dorothy Nash. Miss II. y.
Fisher Mrs. Robert Fl. Thompson, A. NJ.
Reid. Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Auerbach. Mr..
and Mrs. Isaac Rittenberg, Mrs. Herbert
II. Hastings. Carl Laemmele. Miss Rosa
BETA Laemmele, Miss Louise Mccarthy.
Louis Schueck, G. Il. Darrell, Il. II. Dar-
rell, Jr.. Miss Alice Gaynor. Miss Mil
dred Taylor, Ogden u. Gilmore, DIR.
Bernard B. Bromberg, Samuel A. Levy.
Miss Anne Butler. Henry j. Robinson.
Jr., Mrs. Ernest A Grunsfeld, J. Rich
ard Lynch.
From other places: Joseph Gottschalk,
b. Il. Hecht, Baltimore; DIR. and Mrs. S.
s. Wallace, Atlanta; Mr.. and Mrs. Isidor
kalish, South Orange Miss Katherine V.
Garvey. Miss Clara Endemann, Mrs.
Charles Il. Armstrong. Miss Elizabeth
Armstrong. Brooklyn; Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
gan ". Greet, Jacksonville; Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred II. Wagg, South Palm Beach !.
Adrian Cazes. Duluth; Allen w. Jack
son. Miss Harriet Jackson. Cambridge,
Mass. Mr.. and Mrs. Il. J. Nichols. Grand
Rapids.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Jay Hayes, Miss e.
r. Hayes, Detroit: Miss Eda Buddecke,
Miss Ida Quigley, Miss Dorothy Breck-
inridge. Greenwich, Conn. Mrs. IL. W.
Hughlett, Miss Ellen Thomas, Miss Annie
8. Young. Baltimore Mr.. and Mrs. II. M.
Clark, Columbus.
Harrison j. Pagan. Syracuse Mr.. and
Mrs. G. II. Bertach. Grand Rapids Mr..
md Mrs. Jasper Sipes. Oklahoma City /;
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. H. Love, MIR. J.. Il. Love,
Miss Rchecca Love. Ardmore, Okla /: Mr..
and Mrs. Abram Klenert, Paterson. N. j. :
Miss Martha Mcdonald. Miss Jane Nc
Donald. Pittsburgh; Mrs. a. L. Laird.
Savannah.
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As to the Constitution.
1t Is Now Protected by Men Who Re-
gard Their Oath Of Office.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Your edi-
torlal article answers very clearly and
forcibly the question of your correspon-
dent Eugene A. Clancy. What has be-
come Of the Constitution" 1t is right
where it always was and always will be.
But there is also that In your cor
respondents letter which. think. de-
mands further notice
He charges, or rather fnsinuate5. that
tho men who control the destinies OF
the country" have ignored or sighted
or even transgressed the Constitution,
and, moreover, does so with the utmost
vagueness and indirection. There is and
has been far too much of this loose and
half digested talk on the part Of both
the critics and would be defenders Of
the Constitution. The charge he makes
in effect is such a grave one that It
should not be made or even limited at
except upon the surest and clearest
grounds.
The Constitution, be It remembered,
is the very fount and essence Of the
United States itself. without which the
United States could not even be. And.
therefore. no grosser or more infamous
crime can be charged against public
steward who has sworn to protect, pre-
serve and defend" that Constitution than
that OF seeking to subvert 1t.
Such D charge against the present
Administration is utterly unwarranta-
BILE. Mr.. Clancy should, in my opinion,
be called upon either to set forth spe-
cifically wherein those now in authority
have in any way violated or ignored
or slighted the Constitution, or else to
withdraw his insinuations to that effect
GEORGE WEsTERvELT.
UPPER MoNrcIAIR, N. J., August 20.