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The New York herald., 1921-12-12
DENLY Silent on Navy Policies
Annual Report Does Not Mention Arms Conference
but Backs Up Conduct of Marines in Haiti.

strife and protecting persons and in
terests In case strife begins"
Reporting to the President on the re-
suits OF his visit to Haiti and Santo
Domingo. MIR. DENLY says that PERSONAL
ly he has not the slightest doubt that
the occupation of those countries by the
marines is being carried on as we'll as
possible and that he lis convinced that
1t is being conducted kindly and
firmly"
II have no question" he adds. "that
our Government has brought benefit and
rendered great service To the two re-
publics since their occupation by our
forces. The constant and exaggerated
criticism OF the naval administration
renders the execution of our mission
more difficult, and / hope we shall be
free from this particular handicap in the
near future"
Secretary DENLY writes that since as
sunling office he has given close per-
sonal attention to the administration of
justice in the navy with view to min
imizing injustice and reducing punish
ment, and that in the near future rec
concentrations and notifications in the
regulations governing this matter will
be submitted "to carry out further the
policy i have outlined above"
Reporting on his visit to the Atlantic
feet. the Secretary says: 1T was graft
flying to note the fine condition of ma
terial afioat and the high morale Of the
officers and men," He concludes his re-
port by expressing my admiration for
and my confidence In the commissioned
and enlisted ranks OF the navy and
Marine Corps. whose answering fidel-
ity to duty merits the approval of their
fellow countrymen. They think first of
country, then of the service, and last
of self"
The New York herald., 1921-12-12
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.
MANt1ATTAN AND THE BRONX.

Trend OF the Times lectures, Our Neigh
Dor, Mexico" will be given as follows
Washington Irving High school. irving
place and Sixteenth street, by Prof. Nelson
p Mead. Pilgrim Hall, Ffty-sixth street
and Broadway. by Prof. William u, Otis.
Morris High School. Boston road and 16dtn
street Tho Bronx, by Arthur ID. Rees
Miss Ada Sterling will lecture on Plays
OF the Hour" New York Public Library,
Tompkins square branch, 33i East Tenth
street - -,
"Books That Every One Should Know.
shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, "
by Prof j. G. Carter Troop, at +. D. loo'
o25 West l0Sth street -,
''Recent Astronomical Discoverlss. -.ny
Mr. Garrett p. Serviss, at L. ,. 30, lootl
street and ST. Nicholas avenue. Illustrated
"An Appeal for simplicity In Music, by by
Mr Giuseppe A. Eandegger, AT Il. ~ os' ZzS
T,sat Fiftv-seventh street.
"Tulius Caesar" by Mr.. John +. Howard,
nj p s. i57 st. Nicholas avenue and 127th
lord I..ster--The Birth OF Modern Sur
gery." by israel weinstein, at Labor Ten-
nie Fourteenth street and Second avenue.
."kiasisa To-day" by Miss Victoria
tr..itt M St COLUMBIA Hall, 3i3 West
ar,Dentv-fifth street. Illustrated.
.'Famous National and Patriotic Songs OF
America" BY MIR. Lewis w, Armstrong, az
~. " Public Library. io3 West l35ts
"Tbs History Of Negro Folk Songs" 6t
Afr Cleveland Allen. ut Evander Childs
II S., 1sith street and Field place, The
The New York herald., 1921-12-12
Responsibility Of Drivers.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Automo.
biles are becoming more and more a
menace to pedestrians on the streets. II
seems unreasonable to allow such rates
Of speed as are permitted in the city
streets and reduction Of the maximum
would undoubtedly lessen tie number
OF accidents. But a more rigid placing
OF responsibility on drivers would be
much more effective.
The average driver appears to rely
on pedestrians to keep clear of his ma
chine. It should be no excuse for hin,
that the victim of an accident stepped
from behind some other vehicle or OBJ
struction, as it is his business to see
that his way is clear and that his car
is under such control that he can avoid
a person who does just that thing. In
such accidents the pedestrian Is the VIC
tim and never the aggressor. and 1t is
the drivers duty to see that such things
do not happen. c. S.
NEW YORK, December 10.
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Our New Crop of Investors.

Rapid and extensive distribution
OK gilt edged capital issues in recent
months brings to hand new data on
the realignment and broadening OF
investment channels in this country
since the war began. II has been
estimated that before the war Eu.
rope owned about five billions Of
dollars in American securities and
mortgages. This figure IL correct is
approximately four times the total
Capitalization OF the United States
Steel Corporation, including its
stocks. bonds and notes and all other
obligations funded or unfunded. 1t
is a quarter of the value of all the
American railroads put together.
In paying for war materials and
.ood Europe sold back all its invest
ment holdings and borrowed billions
os dollars additional money. The
United States Treasury took promis-
sorry notes for ten billions OF Euro
pean advances, but this was shifted
TO the American investment market
through Liberty and Victory loans.
Something like three billions of dol
The New York herald., 1921-12-12
Colleeians Who Work TheirWay.

The latest annual report OF the
Yale Bureau of Appointments dis
closes interesting facts concerning
students who depend upon their own
exertions to pay their way through
the university. Judging from Yale
alone, the number of these plucky
young Americans must be large. Out
of Yale's total student enrolment OF
1922 in the academic year 1920-21
no fewer than 1896 were self-sup-
porting.
There is no reason to believe that
Yale is exceptional in this respect.
1t probably represents about a fair
average OF American institutions Of
higher education. In that case, the
total of these self-supporting college
students in the Union would mount
far up into the thousands.
II all the colleges and universities
are as liberal in their encouragement
OF such students as is Yale there is
little room for criticism. Not only
does Yale give direct help in free or
greatly modified tuition fees as prizes
for excellence in scholarship, but it
also advances money in the form Of
long term loans to self-supporting
students who are able to meet not
too exacting conditions as to charac-
ter and seriousness of purpose.
In addition to this the Bureau OF
Appointments is something in the
nature of an employment agency
where. for a nominal fee, a student
seeking work by which to earn some
portion at least OF his expenses may
be reasonably sure of being placed
in some term time or vacation occu-
patton that Is more or less remuner
ative. Naturally many students are
successful in getting employment by
their individual efforts. The earn
ings OF these do not appear in the
Appointment Bureau records. Omit
ting this undoubtedly considerable
sum, the amount OF money received
by students as revealed by the bu-
reau's books was S154,356 for the
year covered by the last report. Say
ing nothing OF vacation work. the
term time earnings of students
ranged all the way between 800 and
$500, earned by fifty-three men, to
from 81 900 to St,7OO, earned by four
men.
by way OF gauging the mental at
titude of the students who are teck.
ling the task Of paying for their edu.
cation by their own hard work the
I bureau sent out a QUESTIONABLE to
which it received 1878 answers, rep
resenting about 40 per cent. Of the
entire university enrolment. From
those replies it appears that 35S stu.
dents did not and 1856 did have great
didiculty in earning their expenses;
The New York herald., 1921-12-12
Our Nurse Militia.
New York Has a Trained Force
Ready for an Emergency.

To THE New YORK HERALD: With
reference to the plan to train a nurse
militia which DR.. John Dill Robertson,
Health Commissioner OF Chicago, claims
to have developed effectively at small
charge for use in epidemics. it may be
OF interest to know that n force OF
emergency nurses aids is already being
trained in New York city at nominal
charge OF $3.50 to the pupils taking
the training and no expense to the city
whatsoever.
For the last three years the New
York county chapter of the American
Red Cross through its teoching centre
has given free instruction in home nurs-
ing. The course is a simplihcation of
standard nursing procedure adapted for
use in the home, and consists of fifteen
lessons At the conclusion of the course
if the student passes the examination
with good standing she receives n cer-
t.hcate to this effect by the American
Red Cross.
In the last three years 1912 women
in New York have received Red Cross
home nursing certificates. At the pres
ent time 1926 women are under in
ssruction. The names and addresses OF
all these women are on file in the Office
Of the Red Cross teaching centre Mt "a
Fifth avenue and available for use In
case of a city epidemic such as the two
epidemics of influenza in 1918 and 1919.
During the first epidemic this force
of emergency nurses aids had its first
call and a large number OF the women
gave valuable service to private and
municipal hospitals and dispensaries and
in assisting the visiting nurses in maxi
ing their rounds Three Of them con-
tracted influenza and died as a result.
At present women who have been
trained in home nursing by the Red
Cross are serving as nurses aids in one
Of tho municipal hospitals where the
regular complement Of nurses is not
complete. Some are volunteers, giving
full time.
In addition 10 the women trained in
home nursing SIC women have com
pleted the course In food selection Of
fered gratis by the teaching centre Fifty
are at present receiving instruction. The
training given is such as would qualify
for service in a soup or diet kitchen
during an epidemic.
F'REDERIItA FARLEY,
Director Red Cross Teaching Centre.
NEW YORK, December 10.
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also that 339 would and 143 would
not advise a student of limited means
to attempt to earn his way through
Yale; also that 2S4 had not and 224
had been obliged to sacrifice much
which they considered worth while
in order to earn expenses-9s1 opti-
mists TO SOB pessimists. An opti-
mist majority Of nearly two to one.
Obviously the self-supporting stu.
dents of Yale are taking hold of their
jobs with cheerfulness as abundant
as the jobs are various. They range
all the way. these Jobs, from furnace
stoking and waiting on table to en-
gineering and accounting; from run
ming news stands and soda water
fountains to music and tutoring;
from laundry work and suit pressing
to salesmanship and railway mail
clerking. There is hardly a field OF
minor activity in which these young
men of grit and go are not repre-
sented. No task seems TO be too Ia
horious. no avocation too humble to
daunt them.
All honor to them. They are a
credit to themselves and, to their
country. BY sheer force of energy
and will power and meticulous thrift
they are forcing the portals to all
the higher fields of learning. 1t is
not merely book education that
they are getting. I. is a training
in self-denial, in self-reliance, in per-
sistency OF purpose of vast poten-
tial value in the life struggle that
Is before them--a training the omis-
sion of which the non-self-supporting
student only too often has occasion
in after years to lament.
The New York herald., 1921-12-12

WASHINGTON, Dec. H. Secretary
DENLY, In his first annual report, made
public to-day. announces that he has
no recommendation to make at this
time relative to the naval establish
ment-" A proposed future policy for
the navy is embodied In the American
proposal TO the arms conference, but
Mr.. DENLY omits any reference to this.
His only statement as regards the con-
ference is recognition OF "the arduous
and excellent work" performed by the
navy general board and individual naval
officials in the preparation OF informa-
ton preliminary to it.
The naval budget for the next fiscal
year already has been submitted to Con-
gress. 1t is based upon the old policy
OF "a navy second to none" and contem-
plates continuation Of the construction
of nine battleships and six battle cruis-
~. which would be scrapped under the
American proposal for the limitation of
world naval forces.
The total of the budget, $431. .754, 600.
Is s264,000,00O less than the original es-
Inmates, Mr.. Denby's report discloses.
the reductions having been made as a
result of conferences Of naval officials
and budget officers.
In this connection Mr.. DENLY says the
department. 'is fully alive to the demand
of the country for economy. and in order
that all persons connected with the
naval establishment should realize their
responsibility in the matter orders
have been issued to insure their fullest
cooperation In preventing uneconomicai
use of naval supplies and funds. elimin-
ating waste and securing the full value
OF each dollar OF the public money spent
in the operation and maintenance OF the
navy"
The Naval Secretary's report. as well
as those OF the various bureau chiefs
which accompany it, is devoted to re-
view of the work of the navy during
the last year. Some space is given to
peacetime activities. the Secretary de-
claring that naval patrol detachments
in Asiastic and Near Eastern waters
"are constantly involved in preventing
The New York herald., 1921-12-12
Inspect the Wood Lot.

Every man who owns O wood lot
owes the country as well as himself
an obligation to look over his trees
when winter opens. Those showing
signs of decay should be marked for
treatment. Dead branches should be
removed and other first aid should be
administered which in the days when
timber was plenty would not have
been considered worth while.
The amount OF firewood that may
be obtained from dead and fallen
trees on even a small lot is aston.
fishing. Hours which might other
wise be wasted will be we'll spent on
it with axe and saw. Early winter
is an excellent time to plan planting
Of young trees to take the places Of
those that have gone, as well as for
selecting growth to be eliminated
where it is too thick to permit
healthy development.
The once general custom of cutting
only the trunks of trees for firewood
resulted in the loss OF millions of
cords Of wood that might have been
taken from the tops, which were left
to rot upon the ground. The unusual
sight of a load of wood being hauled
on q wagon by q team of horses
through Forty-second street near the
Grand Central Terminal revealed the
fact that in at least one wood lot
economy was being practised, as
nearly all of the load was made up
OF limbs.
Unless the strictest care is used
in the preservation of what timber
we now have and precautions are
taken to replant our cut over lands
our children's children will know
nothing of the comfort of a hearth
piled high with blazing wood.
The New York herald., 1921-12-12

lars in private foreign loans not
placed through our Government also
were bought here.
Meanwhile the change which oc.
Cured in the distribution OF domes
tic bond issues was as remarkable
as the shift from a debtor to a
creditor position in the international
aeld.
In the ten years prior to 1914 OF
all the American railroad bond and
stock issues brought out it is esti.
mated that Europe took fully so per
cent. Including industrial issues and
public utilities It is estimated that
Europe bought approximately 30 per
cent. The remaining so to 20 per
cent, depending on the kind of issue,
was placed almost entirely in the
Middle Atlantic States, the rest Of
The country seldom having taken
more than 10 per cent. and in some
cases not that much.
The history of several hundred
bond issues placed in the last year
and half, with all Federal Govern
rent loans left out Of the reckoning,
reveals an altogether different state
of affairs. Europe has disappeared
almost completely as purchaser. It's
place has been taken by an all around
expansion in the investment capacity
of the whole country.
The Middle Atlantic States still
predominant, and from Go to 80 per
cent. Of all issues are sold in this
territory. But the Central West,
which was a negligible factor in
large bond transactions before the
war, now takes an average of about
10 per cent. of all such capital ennis
sions, and sometimes as high as 90
I'er cent. New England buys an av-
erage Of about per cent. and some
times as high as II per cent.
The Southern and Gulf States and
the Pacific States, where bond parti-
cipations used to be as rare as ice
bergs off Tahiti, have forged ahead
until their quotas now range between
2 and per cent. In the Mountain
States per cent. is the average
allotment of all bond issues.
Accompanying this wider distribu.
tion is the increased demand for
bonds Of smaller denomination.
Where before the war one hundred
dollar pieces were scarcely ever seen
they are now provided in nearly all
issues.
Bond buying capacity has been en-
llanced by the larger bank resources
in the various sections of the coun-
try and the wider spread OF incomes.
but the incentive to buy emanates
from a habit now established--the
investment habit growing cut Of the
Liberty Loan campaigns and the
placement of foreign bonds here.
The New York herald., 1921-12-12
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Rain to-day,
colder tonight; fair and colder to-
morrow; strong west and northwest
winds
For New Jersey--Rain to-day, colder to-
snsht tomorrow partly cloudy and colder!
irvsn 70 strong west and northwest winds.
For Northern New Engand-Rain or snow
to,oay Tomorrow generally fair and colder:
sniiilihg winds, becoming fresh northwest
For Southern New England-Rain to-day.
colaer to-nieht; tomorrow partly cloudy
ana Goader; fresh 70 strong southwest winds,
ros Western New Yorls-Unsettled and
colder to-day, probably light rain or snow
tomorrow. cloudy; fresh to strong west and
northwest winds.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE disturbance
,I Ihat was over Florida yesterday morning
moved northeastward and was off the New
England coast tonight. Another disturbance
OF considerable intensity was central over
the lower lake region, moving rapidly east
southeastward, and a third OF considerable
Intensity was over the Canadian northwest,
moving eastward. Pressure has remained
high west of the Rocky Mountains. Generally
fair weather has prevailed during the last
twenty-four hours. except that rain fell in
the north Pacific States. portions OF the
southern lake region and the upper Mlssls
sippi and the Red River of the northern val
leys. The temperature was above normal to-
day almost generally. IL decidedly Sc
in the plains States, the Rocky Mountaip
region and the Canadian northwest.
There Will be considerable cloudiness to-
morrow and Tuesday In the States east OK
the Mississippi River. and rain Is probable
tomorrow in the middle Atlantic States. and
rain or snow in the north Atlantic States.
the lower lake region and the upper Ohio
valley, and snow rain Tuesday In ths
upper lake region, Ohio and Indiana. Tho
temperature will fall tomorrow and to-mor-
night in the lake region, the Ohio Valley.
Tennessee and the middle Atlantic and north
Atlantic States and IL will become some
what lower tomorrow night In the east
Gulf and south Atlantic States. II will not
change materially Tuesday east OF the
Mississippi River.
Observations at United States Weather
Bureau stations, taken at =. NJ. yesterday.
seventy-fifth meridian, time:
The New York herald., 1921-12-12
Setting History Straight.

The decision of Mayor HYr.AN's s
Commissioner OF Accounts, Mr..
HmsHFIEID, to make a comprehen-
sive study OF American history with
view TO correcting the school books
is momentous. Just as Mr.. HYLAN
distrusts "art artists" so Mr.. HRsH-
IIELn is suspicious Of historical his
;orians. No experts for him; alone
he will breast the tides of Time.
An ordinary man might consider
the careful inspection of American
history the task of a couple OF life
times, but not so Mr.. HmsHTIELp.
Trained under that swift grasper OF
all problems, JonY f. HYLAN, the
Commissioner OF Accounts will dis
pose quickly Of debated questions.
Several weeks, perhaps months" is
the time he allots to the job; but OF
course this is modesty. caught from
the Mayor. He knows he will do the
trick in few days.
Six volumes of HuDBETH before
breakfast; eight of JUSTIN WINsoR
digested at the luncheon table; three
OF EDWARD CLAIMING as an ante
prandial cocktail; a couple OF JOHN
FIsKEs as a nightcap, and Commits
sioner HRsHFIELD will have put in
what for him will be a light days
reading.
For the next morning there will
be six volumes of Sir GEORGE IRE
yELYAN, read in the subway on the
way to work; a few of PARKMAN's
while waiting in the Mayors ante
chamber; eight tones of MAcMAsTER's
writings during the tea hour. That
evening the student should choose
between nine volumes OF HENRY
ADAMS and twenty-eight of ALBERT
BUSHNELL HART: he ought not to
dispose of both between dinner and
bedtime. But of course Mr.. HIRsH-
FIELD is different.
A third day might include the re-
mainder of FIsKE, WHARToN's Dip
lomatic Correspondence of the Rev
olution," and the complete works OF
JOHN ADAMS. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
and JOHN JAY. Mr. HIRsHFIELp
may think that this is letting him
down too easily, but much collation.
is necessary in this particular group
VI books.
On the fourth day the Commits
sioner will pick up loose ends, run
ming through the complete works of
BANCROFT, ROOSEVELT, LODGE, RHODES,
WILSON and RIDPATH. Two days Of
the week will be left for the dicta-
tion of a monumental one volume
school history of the United States.
It should correct all the errors Of the
nncients, read like MAcAULAY at his
best and be as modern i'll view as
Mr.. WELLs's outline"
When Mr.. HIEsuFIELD gets through
we shall know which island San Sal
vador really is. Or did COLUMBUS
land in Bushwick?
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On a Pair Of Grecian Sandals.

Perchance these trod the moss Of Ar
cady,
or wandered through the grove OF
Acadcmo,
or loitered where the silver aspens
CLEAN
Beside the rippling, blue Egean Sea-
And Sappho may have worn them, or
maybe
Egeria once bent those lcathern
thongs
Tiptoe to harken 60 the lyric songs
or prowess OF brave lads Of Thessaly.
But now IN a museums case they stand
AS fair FOR use as centuries ago,
Yet nevermore will they of beauty
know
Save when in this remote and modern
land
Youth. with dream hid in its dewy
eyes,
Bends over them with conjurinS sur
mise.
CHARLOTTE BECKER.
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corn OF wheat, his bale of cotton, his
hundred weight of cattle or hogs will
buy for him the implements and the
goods he must be able to buy If he
is to stay in the business of feeding
the nation and is himself, with the
proceeds from the sale of his crops,
to put purchasing power into the gen.
eral markets OF the country for the
benefit Of other producers.