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The New York herald., 1921-04-05
Pacific OIL.

The Street had yesterday a report
that directors of the Pacific Oil Com
pany had agreed, informally. TO con-
slider Its dividend problems at the end
OF six months Of It's operation. That
day will be June 30 and. according TO
yesterdays report, 1t Is likely that an
initial dividend at the rate of SO a
year will be declared al that time. II
is expected that the FIRST statement,
which will be presented about May /.
will show net earnings which, with the
Associated oil dividends. viii exceed am
annual rata of "A a share.
The New York herald., 1921-04-05
Government withdra wnis.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New
York announced yesterday that $780,
600 OF United States deposits would be
withdrawn to-day from member banks.
Further Withdrawals are expected on
Thursday, but there was yesterday no
announcement on that point
The New York herald., 1921-04-05
Money Touches A LIZ Per Cent.

Call money yesterday touched AZ per
cent. in the over the counter market, mp
proximately s1,Q00,000 being transacted
at that figure. Although number of
millions loaned outside for per cent.
the ruling rate was II per cent In the
New York Stock Exchange the renewal
rate was 61s per cent. with a subsequent
decline to per cent
The New York herald., 1921-04-05
Intcrcontinentnl's Year.

The report Of the Intercontlnental Rub
Ler Company for 1920 shows total profits
and income from investments of 1901 ,666
and expenses, taxes, &c., of s67,49s.
After depreciation and other charges its
surplus for the year was $62.331 and its
.otal profit and loss surplus $4,4s2,214.
The New York herald., 1921-04-05
PheIps-Dodge March Production

The copper output Of the Phelps
Dodge Corporation in March totalled
o,244.0o0 pounds, in contrast to 1852 900
IN February and S,701.000 in January.
In March. 1920. the company produced
1881 900 pounds.
The New York herald., 1921-04-05
Delaware and Hudson.

l.. +. I,oree, president of the Delaware
and Hudson, has sent to every stock
holder Of that road the reports Of the
Kansas City and the st. Louis chambers
~ commerce on the labor problem Of the
railroads. with reference to the excess
costs TO the roads Of labor because Of
tha national agreements.
The New York herald., 1921-04-05
DIVIDENDS.

Stock OF Pay
Record. able.
Consol. Coal Co.. a.. $3.50. Apr. 10 Apr. 30
Elec. Util G. pf., a.. 81 rs. Apr. Apr. IS
Int Nickel pr, a., $50. Apr. IS May .
Truscon Steel Co., a.. 81. Apr. 8 Apr .
Trrscon Stl Co. stock 509o.Apr. Apr. 10
The New York herald., 1921-04-05
SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS
PENNsyLvANIA or MARKET.

or CITY, April 4,--Crcdlt balances,
sS runs, days, 29,sss; shipments,
daxs. 2&1pk
The New York herald., 1921-04-05
Sorru AMERICA.

CANADA.
New York funds in Montreal. $l2i - pre-
MUM per 81 900. Montreal funds In New
York, Si0Si4 discount per Sl,OOo
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-28

daughter, Neva, at their home here the
night OF September H. Cyrus Ryther,
thirty years old, yesterday tod Cass
County officers, according to the latter,
he looked into the window of the Mon
roe home and saw an unidentified boy
Kill the three victims by striking them
on their heads with nail tsudded club.
In the alleged confession that Rythcn
rcpudiatcd he is said to have stated the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-28

unidentified boy was his accomplice ir'
the crime. Ryther is being held at tn
county Jail in Cassapolis, and it was an
nounced Arditha Monroe. twclve-year
Cd daughter of Monroe, who was bau
ly beaten by the slayer, would
brought to the jail soon in an attempt tC
identify the man MS hcr rs'n
Arditha was seriously injured by the
murderer, but recovered in hospital.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-28
oyIHER CHANGES HIS STORY

u, powaaac, Mich., Police He
saw. Boy KIN the Monroes
nowogiac, Mich, Nov. %. - Once
UcnrJiating an alleged confession
NOR oryijch he is said to have told uf siay-
IN Willinm Monroe, his wife and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-28

Women's 81 Fine Voilc Blouses, 81
Lace or embroidery trimmed, frilled Long or short
S'''''
New-York tribune., 1921-05-26
A Tough Competitor

The news from Hoylake bruises
national vanity. When our brilliant
galaxy of golf stars sailed for Eng
land we were led to believe that the
cup or plaque or belt that denoted
British championship was a trophy
for contention among themselves
alone; that the Scotch, Irish, English
and Welsh had little to hope for, and
were entitled t. pity.
The practice games and the first
days play confirmed confidence that
our champions would find the 60
ing easy-that they were matched
with rivals unequal to their wood
and iron. One stable New York
paper thought it fitting to apologize
editorially for the poor showing of
the British Isles on the basis of war
osses-692,000 killed and 2.O370OO
wounded and four years and four
months of fighting, compared with
our slight losses and few days on the
firing line. 1t was forgotten that
war is likely to give the surviving
veteran a stiff upper lip and the
toughest of mettle. And we forgot
that the British show at their best
when in tight hole. SO now the
golf clubs are full of gloom and
there is no nineteenth hole to give
comfort.
The surprising achievements of
France in sport since the war are
much remarked. The French have
risen to heights in athletics they
never approached before the war,
and of the leading nations in the war
they suffered most. In the meantime
Britain remains Britain and hard to
beat. The latest reports indicate
that the pair Of hands across the
sea still reaching for the British golf
crown may be withdrawn homeward
sadly empty. But there will be the
usual solace. Responsibility for the
untoward event can be laid on the
beastly British climate.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-26
The Ulster Elections

If Belfast dispatches are accurate
listers first election under the new
Irish Home Rule act was a lively
affair. There are indications that
correspondents with Sim Fein SYM
pathies reached the wires first and
that the tale lost nothing in lurid-
ness through their telling it; but,
whatever the exaggerations, it will
not be said there was apathy.
The election, by the mere fact of
its holding, emphasizes two facts
concerning the Irish problem that
there has been effort to keep from
the American public. A nation
wide propaganda has been in prog
ress for many months, but it's con-
ductors have chosen to ignore fac
tors of no small Importance. In
deed, it has not been deemed polite
in certain circles to mention them.
The first is that the island of Ire
land contains not one nation, but
two. Americans, in the sacred name
| of national determination, are
asked to sympathize with southern
Irish aspirations for independence.
But the aspirations of The greater
part of Ulster are another matter.
Yet the dose that England is de-
nounced for mixing for southern or
majority Ireland Sinn Fein would
pour down the unwilling throat of
northeastern Ireland. Lloyd George
and De Valera uphold the same doe
trine-both would put limits to self
determination.
The other factor is that Ulster, in
the interest of a general Irish settle
ment, has abated some of her pref
erences. She does not want home
rule. She would remain an integral
part of the British union. Yet she
modifies her views to meet the prac-
ticalities of existing conditions. Car
son would not get a divorce from
London and Liverpool to cleave unto
Dublin and Cork, but he retired,
yielding his place to Craig, who is
more compromising.
Ulster has made bid for peace.
What has southern Ireland to offer?
What will it give up? Does it still
listen to Sim Fein extremists rather
than the counsels of the Pope and
principal clergy and such men as
Sir Horace Plunkett?
New-York tribune., 1921-05-26
Husbands and Wives

Magistrate Kochendorfer, after
seven years of listening to the wran-
Cling of unhappy couples in the
Long Island City Court, has decided
that seven-eighths Of the domestic
relations cases are brought about by
selfishness on the part of the hus-
band, and he has prescribed com
mandments to open the eyes of the
Lazy Business Man to the difficulties
of the average home maker.
"Take woman that has started
carly in the morning, worked all
day, taking care of children, and she
is grouchy at night time, maybe tired
to death. Now if the husband comes
home with crouch, too, without a
proper understanding of the work
of the wife, there is likely to be a
row." he observed.
So, as wise magistrate, his code
requires erring husbands to assist in
the housework, to take care of the
children for one hour a day and to
BRING home candy once a week.
The same theory underlies the
more scientific psychological ther-
apy of DR.. DAVID Orr Edison, as out.
Lined Ia his rscsat book. Getting
New-York tribune., 1921-05-26
A Neglected Cemeter,
9 Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Apropos of your editorial
"Save These Stones" may I call attcn-
tion to a forlorn, deserted graveyard
in the Bronx? 1t is an unfenced,
vacant lot at the corner of 172d Street
and Boone Avenue. There are few
hcadstones still standing and a few
others broken and lying about.
The graveyard is not old, as the
stones bear dates from 1848 to 1852.
Goats Of the neighborhood ar9
pastured there. The names on the
stones are Thomas, Corsa, Kelly, But
ler and Wilson, some of them ramee
we'll known in the Bronx of to-day.
Are none of the present bearers of
the name related to those buried in
the little graveyard?
AS contrast, one calls to mind a
tiny Jewish resting place on est
Eleventh Street, near Sixth Avenue,
ard another one on West Twenty-first
Street just west of Sixth Avenu., both
on ground now valuable, both we'll
cared for. P. J. O'CONNELl,.
New York, May %, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-26
The SiZesian Question


To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Time was when a movement
for political freedom in any quarter
of the world Of a people in bondage
moved deeply the public of the United
States. In those days sympathy and
succor went out from here to the
Greeks, the Hungarians, the Italians
and the Poles (in 1880 and 1863. Al
though conditions here are different
now, and clear vision. is not general,
because clouded by international
finance and international socialism,
is it possible that in a case like that
presented to-day by Upper Silesia the
United States would withhold sympathy
from those to whom by virtue of the
result of the plebiscite held in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the
Treaty of Versailles it is due?
Originally it was the intention OF
the makers of the peace to assign
Upper Silesia to Poland, in accordance
with the declaration of President Har-
ding's predecessor that Poland should
be free and reunited; but, under pres
sure of Lloyd George, it finally was
decided that plebiscite should be
held III Upper Silesia to decide to
whom this province, which in Polish
history was called Old Poland. should
be allotted.
Despite the millions of marks ex-
pended on agitation. despite the 1872
600 Germans transported to Silesia
from Germany and from overseas, de-
spite all intimidation, the result of the
plebiseite, which, according to the AL
lied Plebiscite Commission, was car
ried out fairly, was that the Poles
carried ten out of sixteen districts, the
SIX lying nearest to Germany, being
more Germanized, casting%a majority
vote for Germany. In all fairness and
IN conformity with the Treaty of Yer
sailles the ten districts carried by
the Poles should therefore be awarded
to Poland.
But, unfortunately for the cause of
justice, the districts in which The
Poles were victorious contain rich
mines of coal; SO, the voice of the peo-
pie must stand for naught, must yield
to economic interests, and Llovd
George would give all of Upper
Silesia to Germany.
When report emanating from Per-
lin that all of Silesia, with the cx-
ception of two districts, was to be
turned over by the Allies to Germany
showed the Polish population of this
province that it was to be cheated of
Its expressed desire to be reunited to
the rest of it's race, this population,
which had endured all chicanery dur
ing its long wait for the plebiscite
and then for the decision of the Al
lies, lost it's patience and took up
arms to defend the land of its fathers
against seizure.
Democracries cannot blame the
Silesians for the step they took under
provoeation, and, mindful of their own
New-York tribune., 1921-05-26
A Scrip Dividend

The matter of the debts of Euro
pean governments to the American
government so bristles with difficult
ties that it is commonly discussed
with the most gingerly caution.
President Harding, however, has
ventured to descend little from the
levels of generality, and speaks of a
possible solution. He suggests the
possibility of settlement by trans
forming the debt owed collectively to
one owed to US individually.
The proposal is interesting. 1t
might be possible to secure distribu-
tion by providing, for example, that
the income tax payer should receive
back in part some sort of interest
bearing certificate declaring that
Great Britain, France or Italy owed
him specified sum OF money: or
there might be direct distribution to
the various states, according to the
method followed when the jackson
Administration found cash surplus
on its hands. By international ar
rangement it might be possible to
make the certificates acceptable
when Americans pay taxes to for
eign countries. Americans who have
had experience with passport fees
now exacted in Europe could use
quite a sheaf of the notes.
As the President remarks, direct
monetary obligations between gov
efnments are Objectionable. They
tend to create friction. Few debtors
arc able to look on a creditor with
perfect kindness and fairness
Moreover, if money comes to our
government in a lump sum it is
doubtful that it will be used to ex-
tinguish our own public debt. 1t is
more likely to lead to extravagant
appropriations. An inviting pork
barrel would be opened.
At present each Of us, on an aver
ssa hAa Ia tAsesy &1Qa owed 10 aim
New-York tribune., 1921-05-26
The Bonus Limitation
Injustice of Excluding Soldiers Who
Moved to Other States

Moved to Other States
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I was pleased to see in this
mornings paper a letter by Anna D.
Godfrey protesting against the injus-
tice of the present bonus act to the ex-
service men who are no longer resi-
dents of New York State.
So far as l have been able to as
certain, New York stands alone among
the states of the Union which have re-
warded by bonus the services rem
dered by their citizens in the late and
almost forgotten war in that she re-
quires that not only must person en-
titled to receive a bonus have been
resident of the state upon entering
military service but also at the time
the act took effect.
Many of New York's loyal sons and
daughters answered the call to arms in
her hour of need without one thought
of self, and bravely sacrificed and suf'
fered that she might be saved. By
Chapter 122 of the laws of 1919 the
Legislature awarded to these indivld-
uals bronze medal. 1t only required
that person must have been resi-
! dsnt of the state upon entering service
and nothing was said about being 3
resident at the time the law took ettecF
or upon receiving this medal.
In 1920 the Legislature decided that
her citizens should be further re-
warded for their sacrifices, and Chapter
S72 of the laws of thst year granted
bonus to all individuals who entered
military service as residents Of TINS
state and who On November =, 1s2O
the time the law became effective, were
still residents of the state.
New York State has thus rewarded
her soldier-c -citizeps in two ways-0y
awarding them a bronze medal snd q
bonus. I am not belittling the impof-
tance of the first reward when say
the bonus is more substantial one
1t certainly is unbecoming to such .
prominent state as New York thsE
when she decides to honor her defenc'
ers with a substantial reward she also
surrounds the granting of this bounty
with certain restrictions which appear
TO be inserted in the law for the sole
purpose of evading the issuance o.
this bonus to those few former cit-
zens who have been compelled, in many
cases by forces beyond their control
to seek residence in a different sta~'
cannot believe that this great ststs
is going to be ungrateful for the serF'
ices rendered by her former citizens
and allow them to be referred to -
men without country" as regaEas
a state bonus.
WILLIAM H. PANGBuRN Jb
New York, May "a, 1871.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-26
years named

The naval appropriation bill for
the coming year, as matured by the
Senate, authorizes an expenditure of
S495, 100000, or nearly four times
the sum annually disbursed during
the ten years preceding 1917 and
$62 100000 more than the appro-
priation for 1921. Five years
ago the total ordinary expen-
ditures of the government were 81
per capita. For the navy alone now
an expenditure approximating to $5
per capita is contemplated. Allow
ing fully for the altered purchasing
power of the dollar, the absolute in
crease is very great.
The public comedies the need of
an adequate navy. 1t wishes to be-
lieve that the naval estimates have
been scrutinized closely. 1t does not
assert that the prospective colossal
naval bill is unwarranted, but it's
hope for ruthless downward re-
vision of appropriations has been
disappointed so far as concerns
the navy. The Senate seems to be
following the path marked out by
Josephus. Reduction not having
been made, the defense must be that
reduction is not safe. or that Jo-
sephus irretrievably committed the
country.
What enemy is so feared that so
mighty an armada must be fitted out
has not been explained. Japan, of
course, has not the financial ability
and seemingly not the desire to lay
keel for keel. With Great Britain,
we are told, war is inconceivable.
Germany has no navy and Russia
practically none, while France, ex-
cept for few vessels, has aban-
doned naval construction.
In the next political campaign the
Republican party will be asked to
justify it's action. Will it be able to
do so? Perhaps. But it is prudent
to be very sure. The leaders of Con-
gress need to consider most carefully
the question of the sufficiency of the
reasons for their action.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-26

What We Want. Happiness and
health ho holds are dependent upon
what he calls the balanced ration
of achievements People must get
their daily portion of praise from
those they love, or else seek 1t in the
various excitements Of the outer
world, where it is more costly and
far more tickle.
The home making woman is almost
entirely dependent upon her husband
for this sustenance. So spread be-
fore her little psychic meals of
praise and pctting as she does
dumplings and apple pies. When
there is failure in the exchange of
courtesies and appreciations which
make up the balanced ration both
parties are prone to develop bad
case of psychic malnutrition, which
may end in nervous prostration or
the divorce court.
Or. Edison is the first to admit
that there is nothing new under the
sun-especially about husbands.
Psycho-analysis, the most sophisti-
Gated of twentieth century sciences,
begins where our grandmothers be-
gan. with the wise old adage "Feed
the brute" but it goes a step further
and adds Feed the woman"
New-York tribune., 1921-05-26
A Movie Tragedy

Charlie Chaplin slid downstairs or
the outside Of his left shoe, twirled
his cane three times as he landed,
tipped his hat over his right eye
raised his mustache and, skating
over to the manager, burst into tears
real ones.
William Hart gallopcd into the
room, stopping his horse so sharply
that it skidded. In moment he was
off and his deeply lined, long face
writhed in agony. Clnching his
teeth, he glared and threw down
three pistols and a bandolier of
cartridges.
Douglas Fairbanks leaped through
the window on time to catch in his
arms the figure Of the beautiful
Mary, who shuddered as she tossed
her 100000 tresses.
There was excitement in a sacred
place of movieland. There was no
need to register emotion. 1t was
there. 'Is it for naught that we
have spent our years perfecting our
art?" demanded the quartet. "Is il
to this end we have fallen down in
Vulnerable stairs, shown the courage
of Numidian lions, jumped from
erag to crag like the mountain goat
suffered every conceivable kind OF
lleart-wringing sorrow? Is the way
to entry to our profession henceforth
to BE through the divorce courts, and
are ex-wives of millionaires to push
us into obscurity? We want protec.
tion. We want an injunction. We
want anything that will stop the in.
vasion."
The screen impresario shook his
head gloomily. Whereupon Charlie
Chaplin doffed his hat, spat on it ano
fell flat on his face. William Hart
picked up the third pistol and shot
himself ncai:: peered into Mary's
face, sighed deeply and placed hel
limp body in chair. Taking a piece
OF paper out of his pocket, he wrote
on it, handed the missive over anc
expired.
The camera whirred and the Ian.
tern flashed on the screen the word,
of the paper, which read: "What's
the use?"
New-York tribune., 1921-05-26

struggles at BIRTH, must wish the
Sliesian lnsurrection successful out
come. Not SO, however, the British
Premier, who has worked for weak
Poland since the day the name of Po-
land was first uttered by ex-President
Wilson and who he's been the cause
of the loss to Poland of Danzig, War
mia, the Mazovian Lakes district and
Cieszyn. For Lloyd George Silesia is
question of coal; for Poland it is q
! question not so much of coal as of the
million and half of Polish souls that
would be consigned to German slavery
Silesia in possession of Germany would
De an arsenal for war Of revenge;
while in possession of Poland it will
serve peaceful purposes, as Polish
genius, from Copernlcus to Nine. Curie.
has always worked for the benefit Of
mankind.
That the Silesian question is not
matter of purely European concern.
but that it is one of world concern.
will pc clear when it is remembered
how soon after Prussia's defeat bv
Napoleon she recovered; that the Ger
man of to-day Is already planning the
next war and that for that war he
needs the resources of Silesia. Hence
the world, in the interest Of peace
alone, should unite against the design
TO endow Germany with SiIesia.
WACLAW PERKOWSKT
New York, May %, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-26
The Housing Problem
To the Editor of The Trihrne

~ Sh0 HultoE OF Inc Tribune
Sir: In Sundays paper read a small
news item that interested me very
much. 1t was to the effect that 2 Chi
cago landlord had been driven to sui
clde by his tenants. The housing short
age is enough to drive both landlord
ana tenant to suicide-the landlord
because in many cases hs cannot ma.+
ms expenses with the rent allowed him
by the courts; the tenant because he
simply can't pay the high rents that
are necessary to-day to carry apart
ment houses.
1t is an admitted fact that the hous-
ing shortage will not be settled COM
pletely in the face of the rent laws.
lax exemption is not enough of help
to induce builders to erect apartment
houses without the repeal of the rent
laws While the rent laws do not
affect new buildings. they have tied
the builders capital up in old build
ings which they arc unable to dis
pose of.
The housing shortage can be partial
iy solved by people who have always
rented IN the past building one and
TWO family houses. The tax exemption
law provides enough of a subsidy
profitably to erect this, class of build
lngs To the man with a little money
in the bank l say. buy a lot, get a
building loan, and build your home.
w, B. ROSBOROUGH.
New York, May "a, 1921.