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New-York tribune., 1921-03-04
Old Manor House
Classic Furniture
Displayed for Sale
Fixings From James River
Mansion, Renovated by
Mrs. Ramsay, To Be Sold
at American Galleries
By Royal Cortissoz

More furniture. This time it comes
from the famous old manor house on
the James River which is called West
over. This place was purchased some
years ago by Mrs. c. Sears Ramsay
who found in it few Of the original
furnishih gs, She proceeded to restore
the who'e interior In the spirit of the
eighteenUh century, and the objects
through which She accomplished this
renovation are now at the American
Art Galleries. where they are to be
sold on the afternoons of March 9 and
10. There is on view also the Shipnen~
burd collection from PHILADELPHIA. to
be sold on the afternoons cf March 7
and 3, a collection which is in much
the same key as the other.
IN discussing the Myers treasures Of
Colonial furniture not long ago we
emphasized the Importance OF good
TASTE in these matters. 1t is a motive
to which one inevitably retdrns on the
present occasion. Mrs. Ramsay's task
az Westover was simplitied by the pure
lines OF the period in which she spe-
clailzed. Her tables, chairs, sideboards
and so on were bound to fall into a
coherent picture. The specimens she
secured are specimens of good work
manship, dedicated to an ideal of
dignity. Even in the necessarily very
different arrangement which they here
take on they preserve their highbred
charm. few unexpected things enter
into the ensemble. There are, for ex-
ample two huge allcgorical canvases s
by Charles lie Brun. They seem lit
tie overpowering in this galley.
The best, because most appropriate,
accessories to the Westover furniture
are the pieces of old silve,, the odd
bits of Wedgwood and Lowestoft, the
japanese porcelains. the mirrors, clocks,
candelabra, lanterns and brasses And
IN the Shippen- Burd collection there
is more of this material awaiting the
discerning amateur.
The early American pictures in
needlework may be cited, the objects in
glass and silver and the miscellaneous
porcelains. Architectural collectors will
note the two mant1lpieces, in marble,
dating from early in the last century
There is fine n ahogany extension
table in the collection, one of the
works of Duncan Phyfe, and it is &C
companied by some good American
furniture of earlier origin. Colonial
craftsmanship is not so esplendently
illustrated here as it was in the Myers
collection, but the same tradition Is
hOnOrabiy renrese0ted
New-York tribune., 1921-03-04
GOODWIN LEE

Goodwin Lee, editor OF The Fire En-
gineer, died yesterday in Philadelphia
at the home of his brother as result
of a paralytic stroke suffered last
July.
Mr.. Lee, who was sxty-three years
old, was born in Elizabeth City County,
Va. His father, Major Baker P Lee,
was an officer IN the Confederate army,
journalist, jurist and an author. He
was colaterally descended from Richard
Lee.
After private education he studied
law with his father and was admitted
to the Virginia bar. He came to New
York in 1900 and engaged IN editorial
work, founding The Fire Engineer in
1913. He was known internationally
as a deep student and keen analyst Of
fire prevention and fire protection sub
iects
New-York tribune., 1921-03-04
Gen. Auguste Mercier,
Dreyfus's Accuser, Dies

PARIS, March 3.--General Auguste
Mercier. former French Minister of
General Mercier was War Minister
at the beginning Of the trial of Cap
tain Dreyfus, and instituted the r,o-
ceedings which brought Dreyfus before
the Council ,of War in 1894, charged
with treason. The trial resulted in the
condemnation Of Dreyfus to lifelong
penal servitude and public degradaticn,
but this decision was afterward re-
versed and he was exonerated on his
retrial. This case was internationally
famous, and at its conclusion brought
severe criticism to General Mercier.
After the overthrow of the ministry
of Premier Dupuy, in 1895, of which
General Mercier was a member. he was
appointed to command the 4th Army
Corps at lie Mans. In 1900 he was
elected to the Senate He was born at
Arras on December 8, 1888, and fought
with distinction in the campaign of
Maximilian in Mexico and in tho
Franco War.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-04
Commerce Chamber
Favors Reform of
Industrial Bureau
Legislature Asked to Follow
Governors Recommends
tion; Denounces Propa-
ganda of Central Powers

The Chamber OF Commerce Of the
State OF New York in a resolution
which, together with several others,
was adopted at its monthly meeting
yesterday, asks the Legislature to fol-
low the ecommendations of Governor
Miller FOR a reform Of the organization
and powers of the Industrial Commits
sion.
In its report on the resolution, the
committee expressed the opinion. that
the time has come when the state
should interfere to protect itself from
public disorder and its citizens from
lawless invasion of their righta, to pro-
tect the public from the disastrous
effects OF strikes and industrial dis
putes, and to protect those who do not
belong to unions from unlawful aggres-
sions and those who do belong to un-
ions from exploitation b. venal officers,
IN the manner recently disclosed in this
city
Another resolution adopted expresses
The chambers opposition to bills now
IL Congress proposing TO regulate the
meat and coal industries. These bills
are described as "antagonistic TO indi-
v'dual initiative, efficiency and econ
cny, while at the same time they repre-
sent a vicious class legislation which
might inject politics into industry and
lead to a general socialistic control,
contrary to the fundamental principles
upon which our government is organ
ized"
The chamber gives unanimous and
enthusiastic approval to q resolution
offered by Alfred Wendt, who was a
major during the war, criticizing such
meetings as the Horror on the Rhine"
effair at Madison Square Garden Mon
day night. The resolution follows:
"Resolved, That the Chamber of
Commerce is opposed to propaganda
now being spread throug the
United States by the Central lowers,
their agents or sympathizers tending
to arouse distrust against our allies
and to separate US from them in
thought and action
New-York tribune., 1921-03-04
General McCosI1ry Butt
Dies of Heart Disease

General McCoskry Butt, one of the
most widely known officers of the New
York National Guard, died yesterday
at ST. Luke's Hospital of heart disease.
General Butt commanded the 1st
Brigade OF National Guard at Camp
Black during the Spanish American
War He retired from active service
with the guard about fifteen years ago
and for several years had been in bad
health He formerly was q member
Of Company K, 18th Regiment, from
which he transferred as first Lieutenant
to the 18th Regiment, Of which he be-
came colonel, this promotion coming
TO him just before the Spanish-Ameri-
can War
General Butt returned from Europe
on October Is after visiting the battle
fields Of France and Belgium. His
health had failed rapidly since his re
turn. He is survived by his wife and
one son, RoSert Butt, who is in bust
ness here. The general was sixty-fve
years old: He lived at the New York
Yacht Club, 81 West Forty-fourth
Street.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-04
DIR. Matthew ID. Mann.
Noted Surgeon, Is Dead

Matthew D. Mann, celebrated sur
econ and gynecologist, died at his
home in Buffalo yesterday.
Dr. Mann, who was seventy-six years
old, was born in Utica, n. Y. He was
graduated from Yale University in 1867
and from the College of Physicians and
Surgeons in 1871. He continued his
studies in European universities, and
after some years practiced III New York
City and in Hartford. Conn. He then
moved to Buffalo, where he at once
achieved leading position in his pro-
fession and in public affairs.
When President Mckinley was shot,
at the time of the Pan-American Ex-
position in 1901, Dr. Mann was sent
for and INN ediately performed the op-
Grafton which nearly resulted in the
saving of the President, who finally
succumbed, owing to the shock Of the
wound.
Dr. Mann was for many years dean
Of the Medical School Of the University
Of Buffalo. He was past president Of
the American genealogical Society and
author of many important works ON
medicine and surgery
New-York tribune., 1921-03-04

A. Megeath, Of 1000 Park Avenue, to
LIEUTENANT Harry Lovejoy Rogers jr.,
VIII take place March II in this city,
Lieutenant Rogers, who is now sta
toned at Fort Slocum, is the son OF
Major General Harry L. Rogers, quar-
termaster general, [. S. A. He is a
graduate of West Point
Mr. William F. Sheehan gave g
lunche n of xteen covers yesterday
at the Hotel St Regis.
Mrs. Seymour Cromwell, Of 16s East
Seventy, fourth Street, gave a dinner
last night at her home
Or. and Mrs. Frits Holm are at the
Wardham Park Inn, where Dr. Holm is
representing the government Of San
Marino as special diplomatic envoy at
President Harding's Inauguration.
Mr. and Mrs. j. Horace Harding.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-04
GEORGE OGIER

George Oeier, Civil War veteran
OF the 7th Regiment, died on Wednesday
Of angina pectoris, at the home of his
niece, Mrs. J. Dearborn Adams, at 26
West Ninth Street.
Mr.. Oger, who was seventy-six years
old, was born IN Camden. Me. He had
been connected with the Marcus Loew
attractions for many years, but was
previously with the Travellers In
surance Company, OF Hartford. Conn.
He is survived by a brother, Os-
borne Ogier, and sister, Mrs. Alice
Z. Dexter Funeral services will be
held at the Campbell Funeral Chapel
on Saturday afternoon and interment
will be in the family vault at Cam
den, Me.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-04
Wilson and Harding
Extend Sympathy
President-Elect and Wife Call
on Ex-Speakcr's Family;
Executive Sends Nose

WASHINGTON, March 3.-President-
elect Harding in person and President
wilson. through written message to-
day extended their sympathy to Mrs
Champ Clark on the death yesterday
of her husband. the Democratic leader
and former Speaker Of the House of
Repre-
NJ. Harding, accompanied by Mrs.
Harding, leaving their hotel for the
first time after their arrival in Wash-
ington shortly after noon, called on
Mrs Clark late in the day They scent
about quarter tf an hour with Ben
nett Clark, sen of the dead House
leader, and Mrs. Clark. The President
elect previously had extended his
sympathy to Mrs. Clark in telegram
sent last night.
President and Mrs Wilson rendered
their sympathy earlier in the dav in
note, written by the President and
delivered by White House messenger
Clark's memory. the President issued
orders for the lowering to half mast
of all flags on government buildings
during the funeral service here in the
chamber of the House on Saturday
and at Bowling Green. the former
Speakers home, on Monday.
The expressions of sympathy from
the President and resident-eiect,
however, were but two among hundreds
that poured in last night and to-day
Final preparations were made for
the funeral services to be held Satur-
day forenoon in the House chamber,
and to-nic 4 the House laid aside the
rush OF last-mnute legislation for an
hour to nav tri hlta TO IFS former, rva-
siding officer and leader Merbe rs
WED with one another in eulogizing the
qualities of Champ Clark as displayed
on House floor and In carmittee r..nru
New-York tribune., 1921-03-04
GEORGE SANDHUSEN

George Sandhusen, a clerk in the
Brooklyn office of the Bureau of Elec-
lions for thirty-four years. died at his
home, 295 East Fourth Street, Brooklyn
lyn, on Tuesday. He had been i'll for
FIVE days with grippe. which developed
into pneumonia.
Mr.. Sandhusen was regarded as an
expert on election laws and at the time
of the redistricting of the election dis
tricts in Brooklyn several years ago
he prepared the maps. He was a mem
Der of the Orion Lodge, F. &, A NJ,
and the Society of Old Brooklynites.
He is survived by his wife. a son
and a daughter
New-York tribune., 1921-03-04
Going On To-day

American Museum Of Natural History; ad-
Metropolitan Museum OF Art; admission
IS cents.
Eoolo gical Park; admission free.
Van Cortlandt Park Museum: admission
Lecture tf1s BY John Graham Brooks on
what War Has Disclosed About Our
selves" Town Hall, 123 West Forty
third Street. II o'clock.
Lecture BY Sarah Stephenson on The
Citizen and the Courts, Brooklyn In
stitute OF Arts and Sciences, Academy
of Music, O'Clock
Lecture by Andre Tridon on The inter
pre.ation Of Dreams; or. Suppressed De,
eires and Their Dream Grstfication.
Rumford Hall. 30 East Forty nfst Street.
Discussion OF the transit problem by the
Harlem Board OF Commerce. 2s0 Lenox
Avenue, sis o'clock. Speakers: Harold
c Aron and F.. II. La Guardia.
Address by Rabbi Newman on Are We
Slaves of Fate or Freemen7" ?" Bronx Free
Synagogue, 1ssd Street and Southern
Boulevard, o'clock.
Address by John Kendrick Bangs on
america Abroad" Brooklyn Institute
OF Arts and Sciences, Academy OF Music.
Addresses BY Mrs. Carrie C Gait and Miss
Mary 6. Hay on The Truth About the
League Of Women Voters" under the
arspices OF the Bronx League OF Women
Voters, New York University Chapel. 5
O'Clock.
Lecture by Everett Dean Martin on
'Nietzsche; Our Educational Systems" -"
Cooper Union, s o'clock
Annual dinner dance OF the Ohio Society.
Waldorf Astoria. 80 o'clock.
Meeting for parents OF the Big Brother
Movement. New York Training School.
1Isth Street, near Seventh Avenue. 3
o'clock.
Discussion Of Housing by the United Citi-
zens' Homo Committee, Inc. Morris
High School, o'clock. Addresses by
DR.. Royal s Copeland et al
Lecture By Charles Goidzier on The &C
tivitieS and Accom- pishments Of Wood
Wilson," 1856 Chrystis Street. $50
O'clock
New-York tribune., 1921-03-04
81, 100000 Sent to China
To Buv lOO.OOO.OOO Meals

cabled yesterday to the Chinese famine
victims by Vernon Munroe, treasurer
of the American Committee for China
Famine Fund. This sum is the equiva-
lent of 100000 meals.
The money was transmitted to Pc
king, without charge. by the Asia Bank
ing Corporation and the International
Banking Corporation, both of which
have representatives on the All-Amer-
lean Committee in Peking, of which
Charles R. Crane, American Minister
to China, is member. This committee
will have complete charge of the dis
tribution of Americas big gift.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-04

Miss Catherine Harding and the lat
ter's fance, Lorillard Sufrern Taller,
Will return to the city to-day from
Plnehurst, n. c. Mr.. Taller has taken
an apartment in the new building, o40
Park Avenue, where he and his bride
will live.
Mr.. and Mrs Clifford I. Voorhees,, of
Rosebank, New Brunswick and 270
Park Avenue, are being congratulated
cl the birth of son. Mrs Voorhees,
was Miss Adelaide Parker. She is a
daughter Of MYs Gustaf Stromberg.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-04

The marriage of Miss Jessie Ne
geath. daughter of Nj. and Mrs Samuel
New-York tribune., 1921-03-04

Miss Frances Swan Brown and SEN
eca D. Eldredge, who are to be mar
red tomorrow in the chapel Of St.
Bartho olomew's Church, took out their
marriage license yesterday. Miss
Brown is a daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Irving Swan Brown. Of 43l Riverside
Drive. The ceremony viii be followed
by reception at the metropolitan
New-York tribune., 1921-03-04

Cacneior r,.sn dinner at the ST. Anthony
SIuo March ~. Mrs. James Henry Me
Coon. Of 100 East Seventy ninth Street
wnl give theater and sunper nartv
,r Tor Miss Clapp and her hance on
New-York tribune., 1921-03-04

Mr. and Mrs. j. Horace Harding.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-04
BIRTHS

WOODRUFF-Mr. and Mrs J. c Wood
run. OF Larchmont. a son. born March
2. at the New York Nursery and Child g
Hospital
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-11-25
PIECE WORK EVIL
Sought by Employers Union
In Garment Industry

New York.-The Cloak, Suit and
Skirt Manufacturers Protective Asso-
citation has empowered it's executive
committee to order all factories con-
trolled by this employer union to
adopt piece work The interested
workers are members of the Interna-
tional Ladies' Garment Workers
Union. About $4,000 unionists are
directly involved
The resolution Of the manufacu-
turers' association is a declaration of
war;" said Benjamin Schlesinger, pres
ident of this international union.
'The action Of the employers in as
suming to determine for themselves,
without consultation with their en-
ployes or their organization, the con-
ditions under which such employees
shall work and live, and to 'promul-
gate their decision by an order indi-
Gates the thoroughly unprogressive
and unenlightened psychology of our
employers~who would not even recog-
nize the right of the workers to have
say in the disposition of their own
labor.
"The piece work system, which pre-
vailed in the industry until May, 1915
was an unmitigated evil, and was
abolished after years Of hard struggle.
The wages of the workers in the cloak
industry are still woefully inadequate,
particularly in view of the long pc
riods of unemployment, as confirmed
by official government statistics"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-11-25

agencies developed
secretly in chemical
laboratories.
We who are not
c h e m S t S hear
strange tales these
d a y s, 10 less
strange b e c a u 5 e
they are true, of ru-
bies and amber, or
nafnents of ivory,
shimmering silks,
colors OF every hue,
and ex tic per-
t Il m e s--once the
precious cargo of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-11-25
How Twentieth Century Scientists Have Rubbed th'
Magi,s Lamp and Made the Age-old Dream
of Alchemy Come True
No.. I
THE AGE OF CHEMISTRY
lcheny Come True
(Told In Eight Sketches)
BY JOHN RAYMOND

Within the last few years the world
has been electrified by the vast strides
made in the field of science by the Gre
ative chemist. Indeed, within gener-
alton the influence exerted upon the
entire fabric of our civilization from
within the laboratory has been so
enormous that we are prepared at
last to accept the oft-repeated state
ment that we have passed. beyond the
age OF machinery and have entered
into the more mysterious age OF chem
istry.
What this new era is to bring forth
in the way of scientific discovery rests
upon conjecture, but certainly, the
miracles performed in the last half
century have been sufficient to warrant
almost any expectancy.
America has heard that Germany's
chemists saved her from an early dis
astrous defeat, both in the field and
| in the matter of obtaining supplies.
Without the tremendous expansion of
her plants for the production OF nj
trates and ammonia from the air by
processes developed by her great
chemists the war, without question,
would have ended years before it did,
as result of the exhaustion of Ger
many's explosives, if not from the ex-
haustion of her food supplies because
of the lack of fertilizer for her fields.
So great, in fact, have been the ac-
complishments in the last few years
that scientists now declare that ma
ton without applied chemistry will be
"defenseless in war and laggards in
peace"
Previously unheard of scientific feats
have been reported from the labora-
tory, but because of necessity, they
were performed SO quietly they were
robbed of their glamor and their trap
pings of romance while lesser achieve
ments on the field of battle and in the
council chambers of diplomats have
been hailed by throngs.
Those of us who have left the class.
i room and the study hall far behind finC
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-11-25
UNITE TO STOP CUT

Colorado Springs, Colo.-Facing a
20 per cent wage cut, 200 miners in
this vicinity organized and are char
tered by the United Mine Workers.
The companies are asked to abide by
the award Of the governments bitum-
inous coal commissions award.
The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company,
a Rockefeller unit, is attempting to
chop wages, almost one-third, in de-
fiance Of this award, and these min
ers are ~on strike. The state indus
trial commission, which jails work
ers when they strike, is attempting
to discover why the men are out.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-11-25
4,931, ,9O6 ILLITERATES

Washington. Six per cent Of the
total population Of the United States
10 years old and over was illiterate
in 1920, according to the census bu-
reau. This is slightly smaller per-
centage than the number of litter
ates 10 years ago.
OF the s2,739,315 persons in the
country 10 years old and over, 4,9S1, :
906 were classed as illiterate, being
unable to read or write. The number
of illiterates in 1910 was 5,516, ,163
The District of Columbia had 10,-
500 illiterates out of a population of
377 ,295 persons. This is an illiteracy
of but 2.8 per cent in the District of
Columbia, and is the smallest percent
age of any state.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-11-25
WANT MORE APPREN-
TICES

Toronto, Ontario. More appren-
tices IS one of the great problems in
the printing industry, according to
Wms j. Eyon, Of Washington, D. G.
at the convention of the United Ty-
pothetae Of America. The speaker rs
manager of the largest anti-union
commercial printing establishment in
Washington.
Mr.. Eyon said: IF we viii but
teach a sufficient number Of young
boys and men in the several trades
making up our industry, we will pro-
vide a stone-wall insurance against
any further unreasonable demands on
the part Of the labor unions"
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luced from

desert caravans-produced from =
substance as ordinary as coal tar.
Truly, chemistry has descended into
the depths of the earth and extracted
the secret formula of nature The
modern researcher, by constant dill
gence and untiring effort, has per-
formed the mysteries which kept the
alchemist of other centuries cropping
in the dark and branded him as one
allied with the devil himself. The re-
searcher, in finding in coal tar, not only
things of beauty, but remedies for
most human ills, has outdreamed the
alchemist by Transforming base SUBJ
stance into something. far more pre-
cious than gold.
From this black, sticky mass he
adorns M lady with colors rivalling
nature itself in their barbaric splerdor.
He distils perfumes that equal the jas
mine and he makes terrifying gases
that one day will make war unthink-
able. Thousands of articles upon
which we depend, from INT to paw
tilizer, and from illumination gas to
same substance.
AS recently as I/OU man VINO dared
to say that he could produce ruby
from lump of coal would have been
accused Of practcing the black art and
doubtless would have ended his career
at the stake. In three centuries we
have gone far To-day we accept
these miracles but few of us know
how the miracles are wrought. And
yet there is no mystery.
The succeeding sketches will show
how the accidental discovery of an
!. English boy at work in laboratory in
J 1850 started the development of cre-
: ative chemistry, and will tell how it
, is possible to produce "a silk purse, a
bottle of perfume, the colors of the
/ rainbow, variety of medicines, food
, stuffs and poisons, all from the same
Z material.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-11-25

it difficult, lacking
technical knowl-
edge, to compre-
hend this swift
transition from one
era to another, an
a m a z i n 6 period
when the nations
of the world are
making eric Il S
plans to scrap their
worthless a r m i e $
and navies, depend
ing for protection
entirely upon the
subtle but deadly