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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-06
Honor the Soldier Dead.
To-morrOw's Funeral Service Calls
for Flags at Half Mast.

To TIE NEW YORK HERALD : A funeral
service win be held on the pier at Ho-
bol1en on Saturday over the bodies OF
several hundred New York boys who fell
on the fields OF France while fighting
for you and me-
Would It not be fitting tribute from
US, the living, to have all the flags in the
city Put at half mast on that day and
also on the days to come which are set
apart for such services, and thus show
at least some respect for those who
have given their all for us?
In 1917. when these boys, all perfect
specimens of physical manhood, were
sent overseas, we one and all said
that there was nothing too good for
them: now when their poor bodies are
being returned to their own country
they are forgotten. as on April 6. when
more than 500 Of them were buried
from the pier and no mention was made
of the sad occasion. r. r. TUCKER.
NEW YORK. May 5.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-06
Digging Out of the Ruins.

Whether IL is a labor union poll
tician or our neighbor the World or
whoever 1t may he that tries TO spell
calamity out Of wage reductions from
war initiation levels by steel plants,
railroads, express companies. textile
mills and other industries, that sort
Of economic jabber is simply de
mand for a continuation Of dead
locked industry and empty pay en-
velopes, but at the same time high
living costs.
In the economic readjustment
which is taking place the world over
finished steel. in which the labor cost
alone Is $41 ton. when the market
price Of that commodity should be
many dollars lower than that, cannot
sell In Asia and Europe against the
cheap labor product Of the old World ;
1t cannot sell in South America and
Canada; It cannot sell even in our
own country, unless we build a high
Chinese wall Of protection around the
country to keep out foreign steel.
Steel wage earners cannot make a
living at their trade If the steel plants
cannot operate. If they could be kept
In their jobs on part time they could
not support themselves with such earn
ings that would not buy dear food and
clothing and pay high rents.
There is no chance Of work for all
railway wnge earners when prohibit
tive production costs Of commodities
and prohibitive transportation charges
on commodities dry up the traffic.
And when the railroads are doing n
falling business they need less equip
ment. fewer supplies and less ma
terial MS we'll as smaller working
crews, all OF which means less bust
ness for the industries that keep the
roads stocked W and provide the
goods railway workers consume. II
Is the same way with oil industry and
business
What the prosperity Of this country
depends on Is a Job for every man
that wants to work, and, when he
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-06
State Lives on Stamps.
They Are One of the Principal Elk
ports of Little Liechtenstein.
from the London Dailv Man.

From the London Daily Mail.
The tiny principality OF Liechtenstein,
between Austria and Switzerland, with
a population of only 10000, has its
troubles like the rest of Europe, but
the alarming reports from Swiss sources
that revolution" was impending and
that the Princes "Pooh-Bah" Chancellor
had been kidnapped are pesslmistic. DIR.
Peer, the Lord High Everything of
Liechtenstein, is a lawyer who formerly
held a high judicial position in Vienna.
He is very popular with most Liechten-
steiners, but he is not a native OF that
State. so after a series of public meet
ings and much hot discussion the consent
Of the Prince has beens granted for the
holding of plebiscite to decide whether
the Chancellorship shall be restricted to
natives, and IL not whether Or. Peer
shall be asked to continue in Office
which will be the probable outcome.
The incidents which gave rise to the
revolution" rumors were caused by
postage stamps.
One of Liechtenstein's principal ex-
ports is its own postage stamps. A COM
pany was formed in 1919 to organize this
important branch of national commerce
on a sound financial basis. 1t is author
lied by its charter to sell Liechtenstein
stamps at ITO per cent. of their face
value. but 1t must remit TO the Liechten-
stein Exchequer 80 per cent. Of the face
value of every stamp sold.
The trade Is mainly conducted from
Salzburg. in the middle of Austria. where
the company's office is. and business has
been excellent.
The stamps are very pretty and much
sought after. But when vaduz. the
naughty capital of Liechtenstein, learned
that in foreign currency the company
was obtaining considerably more than
10 per cent. OF the face value. a large
section of the populace OF 1,000-mostly,
of course. children and young persons
came to the conclusion that 90 per cent.
was not enough.
Hot headed young stamp collectors
even went so far as to declare that IL
Liechtenstein had a native 'Pooh-Bah"
who knew more about postage stamps
than Dr. Peer such mercantile misad-
ventures would not occur It was fur
Their asserted that there was always a
great shortage OF postage stamps In the
post offices of vaduz and the three other
villages of the principality, which was
very unfair 60 local stamp collectors,
who often had opportunities OF doing a
little profitable business on their own
account
But tho stalwarts OF vaduz. on the
MY country, right or wrong" principle
held a meeting to support the Constitu-
ton. Or. Peer. the status quo. 90 per
cent. and tho Liechtenstein Postage
Stamp Company, after which the two
factions met in tho village street, talked
great deal. looked up at the lovely
castle browning a precipice above the
capital and decided 10 refer the whole
matter TO tho Prince.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-06
Some Savings, Some Squander.

In all the savings banks of all the
people Of all the States of the whole
United States there are, belonging to
the 100000 small depositors, six and
a half billions of dollars. This aggre-
gate OF individual savings banks ac-
counts averaging some $500 each is a
colossal wealth. 1t Is the small saw
ings marvel Of the whole world.
Yet think Of this! The United
States Government, two and a half
years after the armistice, is still
spending the public's money at the
rate OF some five billions of dollars a
year-spending in a single year within
a billion and a half of the American
public's entire savings banks accounts
built up through the long years and
generations.
Cut out the Government squander!
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-06
NAPOLEON RELIC SALE
TOTAL REACHES S28, 472
Paper on Emperor's Imprison-
nents Brings $500.

Yesterday afternoons session at the
American Art Galleries in the sale of the
collection of literary. artistic and his
torical relics illustrative of the life OF
Napoleon Bonaparte. the property of
Sidney G. Reilly. totalled S5,524.
The original manuscript of the legal
opinion Of the Lord Chancellor of Great
Britain to the Prime Minister of Eng
land in the form of twelve page manu-
script letter, dated 1915, concerning the
afiixing of the Great Seal to the treaty
for the perpetual Imprisonment of Ma
poleon and the necessary abrogation of
the law of nations, fetched the highest
price OF the day, $500, from A Swami,
agent The same bidder paid 1915 for a
copy on Japan paper of Edouard De-
taille and Jules Richards work on Cos
tunes of the French Army" $500 for
an important collection of autograph
letters and documents signed by the
Empress Josephine; 1920 for p. H.
Mallet's ''Histoire des Suisses on Hell
vetiens" in four volumes. and s165 for
Charlotte La Forces "IIistore de Mar
guerite de Valois."
Gabriel Wells paid $500 for series OF
thirty-four etchings by Capt. George
Jones illustrative of the battles of
Quatre-Bras, Ligny and Waterloo. e. B.
Bonaventure bought for $40 a series of
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-06

He now declares he also hid a second
large sum- the remainder OF his fortune
$3.50 .000). In a lonely spot on the noun
tainside distant about a days journey
from washington that he placed the
gold coin in metal container and took
Il himself. unaccompanied. and hid II in
spot which he alone can Identity
From the netos.
This is not the product OF an lmagi-
native writer Of fiction. nor an extract
from a fairy tale, but a sentence from
a letter written to tho War Depart
ment by one OF GROVER C. BERGDoLL's
lawyers; and the War Department let
BERGDoLL 90 to get the goldl This in
cident should inspire a writer OF comic
opera
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-06
FURNIss JEWELS TO BE SOLD.

Jewels that have been in the F'urniss
family for many years will be sold at
auction Saturday afternoon at the Plaza
Art Rooms, East Fffty-ninth street,
consigned by the estate of the late Mar
garet y. Zimmerman, who was one of
the Furniss sisters. The family mansion
used to stand at Fifth avenue and For
tieth street. The jewels, now on display,
present a quaint appearance in their old
fashioned settings. There is a diamond
star shaped sunburst, large diamond
cluster tiara, both set with large and
valuable stones: diamond, emerald
and pearl chain, with pendant, and a
large heart shaped opal and diamond
bowlSnot pendant in the collection.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-06
Houses in the Suburbs.
An Investigation Finds Many Homes
Offered for Sale.

To THE NEW YoRK HERALD: / note
the letter from Ferdinand Fish regard
ing the housing situation. He says in
support of the general contention that
the one thing standing In the way of
house building on a large scale in the
vicinity of New York Is the lack OF
money or the difficulty of obtaining
loans that 1t Is his belief that IF a
canvass were made of the suburban
towns around New York doubt II a
dozen vacant houses could be found
they simply do not exist"
This statement, being at variance with
conditions as / had observed them when
casually going about In the suburbs, In
duced me to make very casual investi-
cation with the following results: In a
ten minute walk from my place OF resi-
dence in Pelham Manor 1 found twen.ss-
two new houses finished within year,
vacant and offered for sale. This within
an area OF not over Eve squares by two.
know that there are a great many
other houses in addition TO these in the
same community. and the same situation
or a similar one exists In many OF the
suburbs OF Westchester county.
Going into tho matter further tab
uiated the For Sale" advertisements in
THE New York HERALD Of Sunday, May
!. with the following result:
In the nearby suburban territory there
wero general Advertisements covering
houses for sale without the numbers
stated. ms follows;
Long tsland--Eleven communities.
Notwithstanding communities.
New JsrBey-Seven communities.
In addition TO these there were adj
vertised on Long Island thlrty-eight sep
arate houses; In Westchester seventy
four and In New Jersey twenty-seven.
The above makes a total OF twenty
seven general advertisements and 1919
Individual houses offered in a single
issue OF THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Houses are for sale in tho suburban
communities around New York in large
numbers. The number advertised In
THE NEW YORK HERALD OF last Sunday
Is only a very small portion OF the total
available.
The one thing that is retarding home
building is the excessive cost OF con-
structon. principally the labor cost II
would be worse than foolish for people
10 loan even so per cent. OF the present
cost OF d home building operation, taxi
Ing the property as security.
NEW YORK. May 5. NORMAN kEH.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-06
Mccormack Gets $4,000 for Irish Aid
Tenor Packs the Hippodrome for His Concert and
Receives Flag of the City of New York.

John Mccormack came back last
night OF course he arrived on the
Aquitsnia several days ago, but not till
lie set foot once more on tho concert
stage did he come back, and then ii
strained the walls of the Hippodrome to
hold all the people who wished to greet
him. 1t was a great audience and it
represented a noble sum of money. The
concert was given by Mr.. Mccormack
TO help the fund for the Irish sufferers,
and so eager was every one TO pay more
than the set prices that the receipts
reached about $4,000.
When the singer appeared on the
stage the audience rose and applauded
for a long time. Then entered Justice
Victor j. Bowling, Commissioner Grover
Whalen and two stalwart policemen with
a flag of the city. Judge Bowling mado
some Introductory remarks. after which
Mr.. Whalen on behalf or the Mayor pre-
sented the flag to the tenor. The con-
cert then began with HandePs air. "Oh,
Sleep Why Dost Thou Leave Me?"
In the intermission Judge Bowling In
troduced Senator Thomas p. Gore of
Oklahoma. who delivered a brief al
uress, which was followed by a short
speech from the Lord Mayor Of Dublin.
Mr.. Mccormack sang two groups of
songs listed on the programme and. OF
course. several additional numbers. He
had the assistance of Miss Lily Meagher.
soprano. who also sang two groups.
Among those in the boxes were Arch
bishop Hayes, Martin Conboy, Morgan
j. O'Brien, president OF the relief COM
mittee: Edward l.. Doheny, James Il.
Regain, John ID. Ryan and Herman IL.
Metz A small army of pretty girls
sold programmes. They We're assisted
by Mr.. McCormack's two children.
Gwendoline and Cyril 1t may be added
that the famous singer brought back
with him all of his delightful voice. all
OF his excellent art and most of his
L hNSical daNalnnrnAnt
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-06
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT
MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX.

MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX.
Some OF the Problems OF the Board Of
Education" by Aiming S. Prall, az High
School of Commerce, 1855 West Sixty-fifth
street.
''orientaI Policy OF the United States" oy
Mr.. James @. Ballagh at Wadleigh High
School, 115th street. west of Seventh avenu
Some American Composers and Poets,
~ Miss Sally Hamlin, at Public School =.
Forty-second street. near Third avenue.
international Trade Relations" by Dr.
Samuel MacClintock. at Public School &C.
Eighty-eghth street, east OF First avenue.
American ideals Must Prevail" by Mr..
Jonas Lippman, at Public School 1872, 1890
street and wadsworth avenue.
"Radium. the Rarest and Most Precious
or Metals" by Or. Amos o. Squire. at Pub
lie School 15T. ST. Nicholas avenue and
127th street; illustrated.
Aida" by Clement p. Shaw, at Public
School II, Fordham street, near City Island
avenue. City Island.
For Love OF Country" by Mrs. Eva ".
A. Adams, Mt Public School 2s, Anthony and
fremont avenues, The Bronx illustrated.
California Problem" by Prof. J. @. Garter
Troop, at New York Public Library, Wood
stock branch. 100 East 16oth street. Th9
Bronx.
BROOKLYN. QUEENS AND RICHMOND
Socialism IN America" by Prof. william
3. Guthrie, at Girls High School. Nostrand
avenue and Halsey street.
"Othello," by Mr.. j. Woodman Babbitt. at
Public School 95, Van sic1len avenue. near
Neck road.
place OF the Drama" by Mr.. Alfred r.
Henderson. Flushing High School. Broadway
ard whitestone avenue. Flushing, l.. l.
American Figure Painters" by Mr.
Ernest Knaufft, at Public School 40 Pacific
and Union Hall streets, Jamaica. l.. l.; 81
Illustrated.
belgium in 1916 and Now" by Mr.. wal
lace Winchell at Public School 49, Elm ave-
Euo and Fresh Pond road. Rldgewood
Heights illustrated.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-06
Fatty Degeneration Of War.

Capital is not up In arms but Is re-
1cicing over its lower level Of wages
brought about through the reduction
Of interest or discount rates first in
Boston, then in London and Stock
holm and now in New York. Al
though ii viii mean a smaller return
on the new investments Of their ac-
cumulated savings hardheaded in
yestors have not been whirled around
the vicious circle the last six years
without learning that the low, settled
interest rates of normal times are
preferable to the Z, s and even 10 per
cent. rates Of abnormal times, when
even the safest investments become
little better than unstable specula-
tions, ana when interest returns are
Gevoured by living costs.
Lower interest rates are an integral
and necessary part Of the defation of
general costs, wages, inventory over
head, taxes and transportation
charges They are necessary to bring
a change from buyers market to a
sellers market in farm loan bonds,
agricultural and commercial paper
generally, and all other securities rep
resenting basic production which It
self was saddled with the major bur-
den Of defation by the shift from a
sellers market to a buyers market In
basic products.
In reducing its discount rate on
commercial paper from Z TO 61e
per cent. the New York Federal
Reserve Bank gives added impetus
to the general movement toward a
lower and saner level Of all costs
The New York Reserve Bank Is the
largest reservoir Of capital in the
country. The reduction In its discount
rate means as much to the commerce
and finance of this country as the
Bank OF England's similar cut last
week means to the United Kingdom.
The compacpess of English bank
ing makes it possible to stabilize in
terest rates throughout the British
Isles by the action of the single cen
trail bank. The greater extent Of
American territory, the varied con-
ditions in different parts Of the coun-
try and the less compact banking
machinery will delay uniform and
stable interest rates in all sections
until the natural flow of capital from
New York and Boston TO agricultural
centres like Minneapolis, Chicago,
Dallas and Atlanta can bring down
the discount rates there also by re-
lieving the congestion caused by capt.
tai tied up in unsold crops.
But all this viii come and still
lower interest rates will come. And
with them relief for thrifty investors
with fixed incomes; closer approach
to parity In the market price and the
face value of Liberty bonds; an added
incentive to production and perma-
nently lower prices.
To attain these benefits farsighted
capital, which has not a trace OF sen
timental philanthropy in its makeup,
cheerfully accepts the suppression Of
high interest rates, because, like all
other abnormal costs. they are the
worse than useless fatty degenera-
ton of war.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-06
Two Annapolis Appointments.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Repre-
sentative Isaac Siegel. Twentieth New
York Congress district. announces that
tie has two vacancies az the Naval
Academy which he desires to MI before
May IA
Young men residing In tho Twentieth
Congress district who desire TO compete
for tho places and who viii be between
the eges OF 10 and 20 years by July /
arc requested to advise him Immediately.
giving physical and mental qualinca-
lions. BENJAMIN LADIsKY.
WASHINGTON, May 8.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-06
Tim Campbell Denied 1t.
He Disclaimed the Credit
for a Famous Phrase.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Many
years ago. while on a trip to Rockaway
on the steamer General Slocum, acct
dentally met former Representative Tim
Campbell. who was introduced to me
by former Police Sergeant Tom Hickey
of Brooklyn.
! said mr.. Campbell, / am pleased
to meet the author OF that famous say
ing What's the Constitution between
friendsT"
lie fiared up and shouted. That's a
damned lie. ] never said It, That's
the work of a damned newspaper re-
porter. but / won't stand for It,"
happened then to be a reporter. but
did not tell him so, as 1 saw he was
very much excited. However, he ignored
me during the rest Of the trip
MICHAEL #. CANNON.
ELIZABETH, ~. j., May 8.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-06
The Heavy Load.

He gave up hours 70 studious toll
lie studied carly. studied late.
He spent lot Of midnight OIL
For no would fain DO up to date.
He conned tho Freudian theory
And then looked into Bolshcvism;
Then tackled RELATIVELY
And what was new in splritism.
But somehow az the seasons passed
lie seemed to fail Of happiness
Though great the learning he amassed
His JOY in life was growing less,
50 row he leaves unto the sage
The things he once was centred In
He's right back to the sporting page
And grins tho broadcast sort Of grin
NATHAN NJ LEVY.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-06
BUYS INN ron NURSES HOME.

MOUNT K1sco. n. r., May New
Castle Inn, one Of the oldest roadhouscs
IN this section, which WAS sold under tho
hammer to-day. IL to be turned over TO
tho Northern Westchester Hospital As
sociation for use as a nurses home.
William Sloane OF New York, whose
summer home Is close 70 the Inn. pur-
chased the property for Si1.T50 and will
donate it 10 the association. which is TO
erect a hospital on ground adjoining
Mrs. Henry Churchfield. whose husband
died several years ago, sold the property
to settle the estate
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-06
The First Plane in Flight.

The airplane is twenty-five years
old to-day. 1t was on May 8, 1896,
that DR.. SAMUEL P. LANGLEY took
hts invention to Quantlco, on the
Potomac River near Washington, and
launched t. II few 1900 feet IN
eighty seconds and returned 70 the
ground. On second flight II went
$500 feet This machine weighed
only twenty-seven pounds and was
propelled by a one horsepower steam
engine, but II proved the soundness Of
the theory, upon which LANGLEY and
other scientists had worked for years,
that mechanical force could compel
the flight OF body heavier than air.
This initial success OF LANGLEY's
was soon lost In the spectacular fail
uro Of a fifty horsepower machine.
built upon the model Of his first plane,
but made large enough 10 carry a
man. This craft plunged into the
Potomac on It's FIRST trial in 1908,
when a part Of the launching ap-
paratus broke. LANGLEY's fame went
with 1t, not to be recovered until 1914,
when GLENN CURrIss took LANG.
IEr's failure from the Smith
sonian Institution, and, adding only
M efficient launching device, made
tho plane fly across Lake Keuka.
But as LANGLEY WINS dead before
CuKTIss vindicated him the only
really great thrill the veteran scien.
tist had was the ono which he ex-
perienced twenty-five years ago to
day. What pity II is that he could
not have lived, as EDrsoN. BELL,