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The New York herald., 1921-10-26
Not = Vote to Strike.


To THE NEW YORK HERALD: l asked
member of the railroad clerks union
in what form the strike vote was sub
mitted to the members. He said two
questions were submitted One was
Are you satisfied with the salary reduc-
ton that was made effective July 1?
Tho other was Will you be satisfied
with a further reduction? This clerk
naturally answered mo" to both.
Nothing was said about authorizing
a strike on account of the first reduction
or In case of the proposed further reduc-
ton. "No" was the only answer this
clerk could make to these questions. and
he told me that mo" would have been
his answer II he had been asked whether
he favored a strike.
He says. In fact, that In spite Of his
membership In the union he will not
obey the order to strike. Even with the
recent reduction his salary Is now about
so per cent. higher than 1t was before
those McAdoo dandy days. And he
holds the same job that he held then.
offering a record made up OF votes of
this kind as authority from their men,
bers TO order a strike?
This letter is written by q non-union
railroad clerk who. by reason of being
an employee Of an executive ONCE, was
not carried on the Railroad Administra-
tion's payroll and therefore got none of
the increases literally handed out by
McAdoo. DISCUSSED
New YORK, October 25.
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Congress Asked to Protect the Pub
lie From Suffering.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The rail-
road strike planned for October 80. or
ganized as it is with the full knowledge
that it must inevitably bring suffering.
privation, even semi-starvation to many
households. constitutes crime against
the nation so stupendous In it's magni-
tude. so brutal in its conception. SO in
human in its execution, that no punish
r7ent could be too severe for men who
would deliberately plot to bring so mon
strous a calamity upon the country.
There can be and never will be any
safety and security for the general pub
lie against the brutal aggressions Of
organized labor until national law Is
enacted by Congress making It GRIM
inal offence punishable not by perfume
tory fines which might never be collected
but by not less than FIVE years imprison-
ment for any person or persons to plan,
propose. organize. carry into effect or
to participate in any way, either directly
or indirectly. In any strike upon public
utilities whereby the supply Of food,
fuel, transportation or other necessaries
of life is or may be cut or from the
general public. reduced In quantity or
in any way interfered with.
FoNrAINE MAuRY..
NEW YORK, October 25
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omes nav honorable and of,clal tuno.

comes my honorable and ofhcial func-
tion to welcome" 1T is now my
official duty to present to you the
freedom of the city" Not word
of personal pleasure at meeting the
hero OF Jutland: not a phrase which
would register above 80 degrees
Fahrenheit.
What was the matter? Had the
Mayor so exhausted his oratorical
calories on the captain of the Bay
ern that there was no warmth left
for BEATTY? Or was he afraid that
by greeting the British sailor with
more than the cold formality of a
carefully prepared speech he might
estrange a few of those so-called
German votes"?
Mr.. HYLAN need not worry about
the German vote" II the Ger
man vote" means the vote cast by
persons who have never forgiven
America for entering the war Major
CURRAN certainly will not get it. He
has fought and lived the wrong way
to get that vote. II the German
vote" means the vote cast by those
who love their city and their coun-
try. as the German Americans as
such do, HYLAN cannot mislead them
with his politicaI antics
The New York herald., 1921-10-26
Railroad Matters Muddled by Two
Regulating Commissions.

To THE NEW York HERALD: Congress
certainly made muddle of railroad leg
islation. OF two commissions. the Inter-
state Commerce regulates rates and It's
decisions are mandatory on the rail-
roads. But rates alone will not produce
income unless there Is traffic.
The Labor Board regulates wages but
is without power to enforce it's decisions
on railroad workers. The poor owners
Of railroad securities are between the
devil and the deep sea even when the
Governments own valuation shows that
there is no water In the securities.
Farmer blocs. labor blocs, but no bloc
for the larger capitalists ana the small
capitalists who have invested their
money in railroad bonds and stocks
such situation amounts to an indirect
confscation. II it is In the interest Of
the whole country that rates should be
reduced and labor not be proportionately
lowered, then the burden Of the deficit
should be assumed ky the whole country
and not fall solely on railroad investors
AN INVESTOR
NEW YORK. october 26.
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MANY RETURNING
ABOARD THE OLYMPIC
Mrs. Frank Gray GriswoLd
Among the Passengers.
Special Cable to THE New YORK HuRALp.
COPYRIGHT, 1891. by TIE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau
I,0ndOn (Dcf eS

Special Cable to THE New YoRK HpRALp.
COPYRIGHT, 1891. by THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
London, Oct. e5.
Passengers leaving Southampton by
the steamship Olympic OF the White
Star Line tomorrow include Mr.. Irving
Brokaw. Col J. Clarke. Mrs. Clifford A.
Cochran, Mr.. and Mrs. Eaton Crom-
well. Mme M. d'Alvarez, Mr.. Franklin
Day, Mrs. H. D. Doubleday. Mrs. II. 3.
Duryea, Sir Joseph and Lady Duveen,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles j. Duveen. Mr..
and Mrs Alexander Forbes. Mrs. Frank
Gray Griswold, Mr.. Richard Hammond.
Mr.. and Mrs Coburn Haskell, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. B. Kahn (Ftieda HenpeD, Mr..
and Mrs. Richard A. Hudnut. Mr.. and
Mrs. Montaigu La Montague. Mr.. and
Mrs. George b. de Long, Major and
Mrs. j. c.. o. Marriott, son-in-law and
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Otto H. Kahn :
Mr.. and Mrs. M. J. Martin, Mr.. Louis
Moas, Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. w. Morgan. Mr..
and Mrs. Stanley Mortimer. Marquis de
Murietta. Marquis and Marchioness
Nakanomikado.
Also Comte Charles dc Noailles.
Major-Gen. Otake. Edward Paul. Mrs.
William Lowe Rice, Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Robbins, Jacques Seligman, Gen.
and Mrs. Charles II. Sheriff.. Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Clay Smith. Fl. Wickham
Steed, Mr.. Arthur Sweeter, Lieut. Col.
Tatchawa, Mr.. w. Roosevelt Thompson,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. e. Todd. Capt. Albert
NJ. van der Byl, Messrs. c. S. Wool
worth, r. w Woolworth and r. Yoshid-
sunni.
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1t seems almost as II bride who
raised her own food, made her own
clothes. swept and garnished the
house in a truly artful manner, kept
up with the mental progress of a
self-acknowledged intellectual, might
reasonably be forgiven If she did not
build cabinets at the carpenters
bench or hammer out andirons on
the anvil. Her days and evenings
would be fairly full, without the
craftsmanship this seeker for an
ideal wishes on her.
Let the searcher not repine. His
fear that his ideal does not exist
betrays weakness he should not
tolerate. Undoubtedly there Is a girl
for him somewhere, and when he
meets her he will know she is his
ideal, even though he has to revise
his specifications in some detail.
The New York herald., 1921-10-26
The Veteran Who Moved.
Mr.. Blandy's Hard Luck Attributed
to His Own Acts.

To THE NEW York HERALD: The un-
fortunate circumstances surrounding the
case Of your correspondent. Graham
Blandy "a. excite ones sympathy. doubt
less. but In what way they furnish 'just
cause for another Boston tea party or
what the fact Of his former army ser
vice has to do with tho matter Is far
from clear. The facts - he states them
do not in any respect make out. or seem
to make out, q case for ex-service men
or against the Federal or State authors
ties on account Of their treatment Of
them, II that Is what Mr.. Blandy is
geeking to do.
The predicament he complains OF re-
suits from his having given up his New
York Job and having moved to Massa-
ciusetts, and from nothing else whatso-
ever. And the effect would have been
the Same IN the case OF anybody else,
whether sx-service man or not.
Irrelevant complaints like thia tend to
weaken rather than aid the cause Of the
war veterans. GEoRon WEsTERvELr.
New York. october rs.
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The Presidents Southern Visit.

1t is fortunate circumstance that,
with the heavy pressure put upon
him by his exacting Washington
work. President HARDING has been
able to slip away from the national
capital for few days. The public
likes to see it's Presidents, as it too
seldom does, and is the better for
seeing them. A Chief Executive Of
the American people may well profit
by mingling with them as often
as his manifold official duties will
permit.
1t is happy choice which has led
the President on this occasion to 60
into the heart of the South, where he
will make several addresses. With
his sincerity of purpose. felicity Of
speech and grace of manner he will
be warmly received in the States
where both ROOSEVELT and TAFT were
frequent and welcome visitors and
where HARDING himself polled 80
many votes year ago.
The New York herald., 1921-10-26

Chauncey NJ Depew. In the forthcom-
ing November issue of Ecribwey's MG0a-
cine, presents the first instalment OF
Leaves from My Autobiography" With
all the vivacity characteristics of the most
youthful OF octogenarians he recites
charmingly many episodes Of hs child
hood and young manhood. The chapter
is replete with comment suggested by
personal contact with such public men
Of the period as Lincoln. Grant Andrew
Jackson. Chase. Seward and Commodore
Vanderbilt. Through the courtesy Of
Soysbmer's, which supplied advance proof
THE NEW YORK HERALD is enabled to
present some specimen excerpts.
OF his college days in Yale Mr.. Depew
says: Athletics had not yet appeared
though rowing and boat racing came
in during my term" He has a high
that period. (which discussed with vigor
the current questions of the day.
Under this training" he continues
yale sent out an unusual number Of
men who became eloquent preachers, dis
tinguished physicians and famous law
yers." Mr.. Depew cites the fact that
among his classmates or college con-
temporaries were Justices David J..
Brewer and Henry b. Brown, both Of
the United States Supreme Court (:
Wayne MacVeagh. brilliant orator and
one time Attorney-G General of the United
States Andrew ID. White. first presi-
dent OF Cornell and a distinguished
diplomat. and John Mason Brown,
leader of the kentucky Bar.
This is a sample OF Mr.. Depew's REM
iniscences of college pranks: "The pro-
fessor Of Greek. Mr.. Hadley. father of
the distinguished ex-president of Yale
maintained discipline. which was quite
lax In those days. by the exercise Of
this ability (his caustic witt. Some of
the boys once drove q calf into the
recitation room. Prof. Hadley quietly
remarked: You will take out that ami.
NAL. We will get along to-day with
our usual number -
This is how Mr.. Depew describes a
crucial turning point in his long ljfe
After some years of private practice
Commodore Vanderbilt sent for me and
offered the attorneyship for the New
York and Harlem Railroad. / had
just been nominated and confirmed
United States Minister to Japan. The
appointment was complete surprise
to me. as ! was not an applicant for
any Federal position. The salary was
$1,000 and an outfit Of $4,000. The Com
modore's offer of the attorneyship Of
the Harlem railroad. which was his
first venture In railr0ading, was far
less than the salary as Minister. When
said this to the Commodore he re-
marked: Railroads are the career for
young man; there is nothing In poll
tics. Don't be damned fool That
decided me and on the first Of January,
1921, rounded out my fifty-five years
in the railway service of this corpora.
tion and its allied lines"
In this memories Of Abraham Lincoln
Mr.. Depew quotes the great emancipatof
as once having said to him: II am ac-
The New York herald., 1921-10-26
The Camel in Capitol Park.

Serious protest has been made by
a Senator against the pesky preva-
lence OF motor cars and bicycles in
Capitol Park in Washington. He
calls them "devilish contraptions";
says they are no respecters of per-
sons, not even those of Senators, and
compel a hop, skip and jump man
ner Of progression to avoid conse.
The New York herald., 1921-10-26
October Corn.
From the Shoe Retailer.

From the Shoe Retailer.
The stalks stand row on row. sunburned
and dry;
Dead fingers stir the coarse and black
ened hair
That once was silk and grope ana
rustic there
In search Of something lost; the crisp
leaves lie
Outstretched and yellowed winds go
walking by
And whisper secrets that may not
share;
The pheasants strut along the row
and tear
The last white nubbies from the earn
and cry.
When youth and summer vanish .
when the frost
OF old age comes to me and whites
my brow,
And my last charms are by the
quick years torn.
Then shall look back on q vision lost,
Find beauty where It's hidden from
me now
And soc again the dead october corn.
WINFIELD 8. BROOKS.
The New York herald., 1921-10-26
Jerome, the Hard Hitter.

with his old frankness and bulls
eve directness WILLIAM TRAvERs
JEROME is telling the voters OF New
York the straight truth about the is
sues of this campaign, which are
up to them.
The issues are not, as JEROME puts
It, HYIAN's sob stuff about his boy
hood poverty, his lack of education
or his struggles to rise in the world.
The issues are whether HYLAN knows
enough OF does not know enough to
fill the great, big job of Mayor. 1t Is
whether he has made a success or
failure Of managing the business at
fairs of the city, whether he Is mt or
unfit to select, lead and direct the
kind of men needed to do the work
of this vast municipal business insti-
tuition and do It right.
You do not hire an obscure, un-
trained and unsuitable lawyer, as
JrsoME declares, because he has laud-
able ambitions to try a case IN court;
you hire him because you think ne
can win your case. You do not en-
gage surgeon to perform a life or
death operation on your child, as
JEROME declares, because he caL tell
a sob story: you engage him because
you believe he has the skill and abii-
ity to save your child.
HYLAN has made disastrous fall
ure Of managing the building or
schools. HYLAN has made shock
ing failure of managing the Dock
Department. HYLAN has made
chastity failure Of managing the Po-
lice Department. HYLAN has made
a costly failure of trying to keep
souander and graft out OF municipal
affairs. He has made a complete
failure with the taxes. the credit of
the city and the general public SER
vice. 1t is all in the record and 1t
is that record on which HYLAN
stands In this campaign. That rec
ord is the issue on which the voters
OF New York must vote for no more
Hylanism or four years more OF 1t
after next New Years.
And JEROME. with his plain think
ing and plain talking, puts the re-
sponsibility of this important busi-
ness Of the next four years right
where It belongs-up to the voters
OF New York. II HYLAN can get
away with his boyhood poverty sob
stuff, when the issue Is schools, docks.
the police. rapid transit and taxes
and Tammany Hall. he is the political
faker, in the words Of the outspoken
JEROME, but the voters Of New York
arc the political dupes.
The New York herald., 1921-10-26
Tabloid Farce.

1t is no unusual experience for the
seeker after diversion In the vaude-
vile theatres nowadays to discover
on the programme his favorite COM
edy of several seasons back. At least
the name Of it is there. The play it.
self is likely to be much abbreviated.
What in its original form required O
full evening for performance may be
seen complete within the half hour.
The growing demand for attractions
I'm vaudeville has led to this con-
densation of popular farces.
Those which have been SO far most
popular for this use are of the more
or less piquant type, which are sup
posed to possess in such condensed
form sufficient vitality to interest
the public. Evidently the expert.
ment is meeting with favor. These
kernels Of once popular pieces are
found scattered over vaudeville pro-
grammes. One play after another
goes into the hopper and emerges at
the other end SO reduced-to its ele-
mentary ingredients as to delight the
patrons of the two day
If any patron of the regular the
atres sees one Of these farces in its
new form he may feel tricked. He
may realize that he has been COM
y,o1Iod "a cft thro,Vuh 4, norutJ 900 III,
amount Of unnecessary garniture.
All that is vital in the farce he has
enjoyed in a fraction Of the time he
was required to spend in regular
theatre. He has paid less for his d.
version and he has had, In addition,
other entertainment. Every advan-
tage seems on the side Of the man
who takes his farce by the way Of
vaudeville.
GEORGE M. CoHAN qualified as an
astute critic Of the drama by declar.
ing that the average comedy of So
ciety life that came here from Eng
land contained about enough genuine
humor for an average vaudeville
turn. Practical proof Of the wisdom
Of this comment is now afforded by
the condensed versions of popular
plays that are no longer novel
enough for the theatres. The only
danger in the scheme is the possibil-
ity that the public may discover the
advantage of the new device and alb
jure the farce in its amplified form.
The New York herald., 1921-10-26

Although DR.. JOHN B. DEAvER,
president of the American College OF
Surgeons, has expressed his fear that
radium cannot be looked to as the
cure for cancer, 1t must be remem-
bered that radium has never been re-
garded as specific for cancer, ex-
cept IN certain surface forms Of that
disease. In the more malignant ap-
pearances Of cancer radium has
been called on to check the growth
and to render the work Of the sur
geon easier. The results, while fire.
Quently encouraging-particularly in
the mental ease of the patient-have
not been positive enough to cause the
medical profession to feel that the
problem was solved or even within
reach of solution.
Cancer was dreaded mystery be-
fore the Pyramids we're built and ii
is still almost as mysterious as it
was then. Science. seeking to dis
cover what cancer is, has only learned
what It is not. 1t is not disease Of
the blood; 1t is not contagious; per-
haps It is not bacterial. Chronic irri-
tatfon is the only known cause Of It,
yet chronic irritation does not always
result In Il.
While DR.. DEAvEa's opinion may
cause disappointment, It should not
produce encouragement For the
present there Is still the skill Of the
surgeons. who grow more wonderful
every year. And In the laboratories
wise and patient men are constantly
striving to find the secret OF cancer.
Science. which in recent years has
found a way to cure the most terrible
Of diseases, never gives up.
The New York herald., 1921-10-26
EVENTS TODAY.

DR.. Will Durant viii lecture On 9th.
estus strest snS Sys.s STEM Labor Temple Fourteenth
board OF Education meeting, Park avenue
ana r1t,ty-ninth street, r. NJ.
nrst9c, sfoonlyn Edgls,s eish;ieth birthday eels-
Pan-American Advertising Association.
luncheon Hotel Astor. I p. NJ.
rwsiis, wayic CLUB. u, dinner conference. IL West
Luncheon by Emile Utard in honor of Cas-
ton Liebert. French Consul General, Union
Henry II. Curran will speak at a luncheon
et me kiwanis Club. Hotel McAipin. IL 80
women's Democratic Political League. card
party and dance. Hotel Commodore, p. NJ.
New York Hospital. 150th anniversary scr
vices; ", Trinity Church. $3.50 P: M. Gov. NIL
speak 80 80
Exhibition of prints In color and photo
aoa os .ss roaas.
tion Building. Twenty-second street and Lex
ington avenue. 10 A. M. to 8 P. NJ.
Botanical Garden. $3.50 p. NJ. ~"
New York ,s,. Academy Of Medicine. il West
Section of Lsryngoiogy and Rhinolo9y
meeting, New York Academy OF Medicine
~ West Forty.third street. $50 p. NJ.
p. N. S' '''''''' ''0'e' ~'so''
intsrns.iocal Paper Company. dinner ana
six Traysllers' Association. dinner. Hotel
Astor. r. M. -
Reception 70 Mayor Hyian. Hotel comme-
dore. p. M.
Vacuum OH Company. Gales conferences.
Hotel Pennsylvania, o A. NJ.
Eastern Automobile Underwriters confer
ence New York Board Of Fire Undcrvriteru
1913 william street, p. M.
Progressive sistcrhood. luncheon. Cafs
Boulevard. p. NJ.
81. Marks Hospital, benefit bridge, wal
orf-Astoria. . p. NJ.
Fifth Avenue Association. committee lunch
con, Waldorf-Astoria. ~ 80 p. NJ.
American Red Gross, Foreign Division dtn-
ner. Waidorf-Astcrie, 7 r.. NJ
Francis p. Carvan will speak at the Car
roll Club. 100 Madirnr avanue. $3.50 r. M.
The New York herald., 1921-10-26
October Suns.

when Hunters Moon once more has
passed
And foliage Is falling fast,
Blue Vega leaves her throne on high
To beautify the western sky.
The Northern Cross In Cygnus CLEANS,
Affair, like beacon, brightly beams.
And Pegasus. whose Square Is high.
Recalls the steed that used to fly.
In eastern skies again one sees
Capella and the Pieiades.
Aldebarans red. blazing eye.
And Betelgcuse. which giows near by.
The sparkling Chair is rising now.
Once more descends the starry Plough,
Autumnal glories slowly die,
And Halloween is drawing nigh
CHARLES NEvERs HolMps
The New York herald., 1921-10-26

Birmingham, Alabama, is fifty
years old and to-day celebrates the
event with appropriate ceremonies.
President HARDING will be the prin
cipal speaker. He has topic that is
pregnant with inspiration. The
growth of the Pittsburgh Of the
South" is not merely one Of the out
standing landmarks of the country's
amazing Industrial growth. 1t is one
Of the most impressive exhibits Of
the change from the old order to the
new in the Southern States.
Fifty years ago Birmingham was a
shanty in cotton field. The census
Of 1920 gave 1t population of 49,.
270. Omitting the cities In Kentucky
and Missouri, 1t is third In popuia-
tion In the South. New Orleans with
3S7,219 and Atlanta with 200,616
alone surpass It. But Birminghams q
chances OF overtaking Atlanta are
worth considering; 90 is even the
possibility Of her overtaking New
Orleans itself. Who shall say that
another fifty years will not see Bir.
mingham established as the metrop-
oils Of the South?
Over the cotton fields of 1871 there
now spread miles upon miles Of
streets lined with skyscraper bust.
ness blocks and hotels, and with resi-
dences which range all the way from
comfortable to palatial.
Birmingham's strength was not de-
rived from boom" food. II was deep
rooted in the immense stores Of iron,
coal and the limestone needed for
smelling which underlie the region
of which Birmingham is the COM
mercial centre. 1t was unshackling
from ante-bellum traditions which
was necessary to release these i'm.
mense treasures; and the unshacx-
ling came Water power covered the
cotton fields with cotton factories.
IN the fifty years which cover the
existence Of this Alabama city, not
only Birmingham but the New South
was born.
The New York herald., 1921-10-26
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Fair to-days
tomorrow cloudy. probably rain; little
cnange In temperature, fresh to strong
north and northeast winds.
For New Jersey-Partly cloudy to-day; 70,
morrow probably rain; little change In tam
For Ncrtha tfesn northwest winds;
and probably tomorrow; little change q
temperature; fresh north ana northeasl
For Southern New England-Fa,r to-day.
change Ia s n temperature; fresh to strong north
For Western New York-Fair to-day; o.
morrow probably rain: not much change h
,s;nperature; fresh. possibly strong. easterly
WASHINGTON. Oct. 25-A disturbsnc. a.
marked intensity was Central over aast~n
N Kansas tonight and moving slowly north
the north Pacific coast. An area Of hish
pressure or wide extent has overspread the
nns lnne [esion. the Northeastern States and
twenty-four hours in Florida, southern Csor-
GA. southern South Carolina. the middls
eson S aohs the pssfc tss Eo
In New England. In other rerions fair
weather has prevailed.
lower lake region, the upper Ohio VallesA the
Lorth Atlantic States. the plains States ana
the the central Rocky Mountain region. while the
IN the Mississippi. lower Missouri and lower
Ohio valleys.
The indications are for rain in the south
Atlantic and southern portions of the middle
Atlantic States. the lower Ohio Valley and
upper lake region tomorrow, and in the mid
ole and northern sections east Of the Missis-
sippi River on Thursday. Tho temperature
VIII not change materially except that some
t wnnt colder weather will overspread the Ohio
,vaney. Iennessee and the east Gulf States
tomorrow night OF Thursday.
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