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The New York herald., 1921-10-09

That it should have been found de-
sirable and worth while to set apart
seven days out of every 365 especi-
ally to urge careless Americans not
to burn up their homes and their
fellow human beings unnecessarily
Is a phenomenon of civilized life
which pains optimists and brings
tears to the eyes of altruists. But
the record of destruction and death
which has been written in the United
States by those Needless In their
playing with fire establishes the i'm
perative need for the special oficial
effort which is to be made this week
to induce all men and women to use
ordinary intelligence to protect them
selves and the community In general
from fire.
Arson Is the least important cause
Of destructive fires; criminal incen'
diaries would find their opportunities
greatly curtailed were their activities
not obscured by the smoke screen
rising from the conflagrations kin
died by carelessness. The smoker
who tosses burning match into q
waste paper basket or glowing cigar
on sun dried awning, the camper
who neglects to extinguish the en-
bers Of his campfire, the householder
who let's infammable matter accumu-
late In cellar or back yard, the auto
mobilist and machinist who plays the
fool with oils and gasolene, the gar
ment worker who sneaks puff Of q
cigarette in a lint filed workroom,
the grain elevator worker who does
not do all that he can do to keep
dust down, to the minimum: these
are the flrebugs to whom the ma
tion's shocking losses are due.
In the United States the annual
property loss from fire constitutes
an economic factor of great impor-
tance; the deaths resulting from fires
are terrible price to pay for what
is mere heedlessness. Plain business
sense and ordinary humane feeling
call for rectiflcation of the practices
which impose this burden on the
community, and New York's Fire
Prevention Week embodies the at.
tempt to bring about the reform.
The New York herald., 1921-10-09
How Debtor Nations Pay.
There Is an Exchange Of Credit as
Well as OF Commodities.

TO THu Nnw YORK HERALD; The
statement has been repeatedly made
that exports from this country to any
foreign country can only be paid for by
imports from that foreign country. That
Germany, for example. cannot buy raw
materials unless we buy an equal
amount Of her finished products. To
say that this argument is fallacious Is
putting Il mildly. There probably never
was q time when the exports from any
country to another country exactly
equaIled the imports from that other
country. Sometimes they do not even
approximate one another.
For O number OF years we bought, Tor
example, much more from South Amer
lea than we sold there and We paid for
such commodities by our exports to Eu-
rope. where the exchange Of credits was
made, South America exchanging her
credit against US for our credit against
Europe, and paid her debt TO Europe
with our credit and at the same time
cancelled our debt to her. Germany Is
already underselling us In South Amer
ics- That means she has credit there.
That credit could be used to pay her
debts TO us for our raw material even
though she sold less In this country
than she bought here.
It Is not true under the law Of ex-
change or any other economic law that
the exports Of any country 70 another
must equal or approximate the imports
from that other country. Before the
war, I am told. two-thirds Of our Inn
ports were from countries that are not
now our debtors although our exports
were heavy then to those debtor na-
tions. Our Imports from South Amer
ica and the Far East before ths war ex-
ceeded our exports to those countries
and We were making heavy exports to
Europe. During all this time we salts
fed the law of exchange for as an emil
nent writer of economics has said:
The bslancs Of trade between any pair
Of countries 10 rarely such as to bring
about an equalization Of their exports
and imports. II 10 in the grand total
Of q country's transactions that We find
shs equalization Of Imports and exports.
or rather the equalization Of all Of
scuntry's international debts and cred
,ts; and II 10 this broad equalization
which serves TO bring about q settls-
mont without the flow Of specie
All this talk, therefore. about the ne
cessity Of our furnishing q market hero
for these debtor nations In order TO en-
able w to sell our products to them
believe represents economic nonsense
and the only purpose II can serve In to
befuddls the unwary who ara now be-
Ing appealed TO for the purpose Of de-
feating the pending tariff bill.
J. r. zoLLxR.
NEW Yorx. October 3.
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Oificial Minutes Fix tho Date n
September, 1882.

To THE NEW York HmAxDi Follow.
ing are the bald facts concerning thu
first Labor Day celebration taken from
the minute book of the Central Labol
Union!
May II, 1882 rnote tho datel .--Dslegates
asked 70 get opinions from their unions
N to tns advisability OF having . picnic
under tho auspices Of the central body.
May II, iBS2--A number Of delegates
reported that thsir unions were favor
able, whereupon q committee was ap-
pointed to secure Q park for the picnic.
June 4. 1ssny-Committes rsportsd that
II had secured Wcndsls Elm Park for
Monday, September (. THUS was set the
date for she first public labor demonstra-
tion since 1s73.]
June is. lss2--rt was decided TO IN
ciuds . parade ~ q feature Of the Labor
Day demonstration.
August 9. 1ss2--Ths following were
chosen as officers Of the Labor Day
parade, william McCabs. typographical
Union No. Q. grand marshal; Roger
Burke, iongshorenan. marshal first divi-
Z siont Joseph Lies. upholstsrsr. marshal
second division; Thomas Curran. boiler
maker, marshal third division. The
kTHnu uh1rounA VINE tuSAfuSssu w M out
the route Of the pavads and the places Of
formation. Also that ths picnic commit
tee was authorized TO issue . proclama-
tion declaring thb first Monday Of Sep
tember Of esdh year TO be . general
labor hottday.s
September 8. ies1.-1hs picnic commit
tee and he grand marshai and his aids
reported ali ready for the Labor Day
celebration on the morrow.
Tho above In brief v the chronolos,
OF the nrst Labor Day parade and pio
MO. In my opinion II was the beginning
Of the great awakening Of labor through.
out the United states and tho world.
It may not perhaps be part Of thls
story. but cannot refrain from men
tionins . fact that aid not como 10 m'
for number Of years after the centra
The New York herald., 1921-10-09
Under the Wind.

My soul has walked where poppies were
Has drunk Of dreams, has drunk o.
sloep;
Has grown too lazy and too dull
TO fesl TO laugh. 10 weep
Now there has come Q ruthless hand
To drag It from the pleasant pioini
Now naked II must walk tho hills
In bitter wind and rain. -.
In burning agony and tears
Its poppy scented sleep 10 past--
But. oh. the wonder that II knows
To be awake at last
AnsoArx ". CHnssoa.
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SUNDAY. OCTOBER ., 1921.
James A. Wendelps Exoneratiol

u =
I. In behalf of Comptroller JAMES A.
wendell, and the State OF New York
under which he holds his high Office,
It has been qualification to record
the dismissal In the Supreme Court
of the charges In connection with
the sale Of bonds by his predecessor.
1T Is a pleasure as well to commend
the altogether admirable manner in
which he expressed himself on the
complete vindication as follows:
my Joy Is fourfold. am glad
Tor the many personal friends who
z have so earnestly believed In me;
= gratifed for the voters who, In spite
= of my Indictment on the eve Of cleo
tion. expressed confidence In me;
& happy on my own account and de-
Z lighted to think We live In country
Z. and State where truth and justice
Z. ultimately prevail against every
unjust attack"
Probably there were relatively very
few persons In the great population
OF this State who did not agree with
his confident friends that Mr.. WEN
DELL should be held innocent Of the
accusation against him until there
should be absolute proof to the con-
trary. Even those who regretted his
candidacy under such conditions
were virtually unanimous, as we re-
call 1t, that the circumstances were
more a political embarrassment to
his party than reflection upon the
candidate himself. BY such partisan
sffiliation no less than partisan oppo.
sition which thought he might well
withdraw from the campaign or, af-
Ger the election, refrain from admin
istering his great Office until the un-
happy matter was cleared up, there
was generally frank acknowledgment
that the Justification of such a course
would be campaign expediency rather
than personal culpability.
~ This in itself was very unusual
tribute to a candidate under such
charges. however unwarranted they
might be. Nevertheless to have
gone through such an experience in
whatever circumstances was try
ing ordeal To come out Of 1t tri-
umphantly and be able to express
himself about the whole affair as
Comptroller WENDELL has done shows
a fine, big spirit which adds new
inches to his stature.
The New York herald., 1921-10-09
Race of the Sunflowers.
A 17.Inch Disk Reported by ,
Grower at Long Branch.

To THE NEW York HERALD: must
dispute tho New York claim to the dis
tinction Of having raised the largest
'sunnowsr.
rot three sunfiower seeds In some
beet seed and planted them. One plant
was 10 large that It broke down the
stalk before It got ripe. The largest
plant Of tho three Is ripe and dried. It
10 four feet around the brim and seven
teen inches across the top. / gathered
ono quart Of seed from this ono flower.
There was only one flower on each stalk.
w. w. JEyrREY.
LoNo BRANCH. N. j.. October ..
The New York herald., 1921-10-09
Birds Going South.
Transients Registered In West Tenth
Street Ailanthus Trees.

Street AtlanthuS Trees.
To THE NEW York HERALD: For q
number of years the ailanthus trees in
the yards back of me In West Tenth
street have been way stations for
many varieties Of bird migrants.
Spring and fall they afford me the pleas
ure Of welcoming some old friends. Of
bidding godspeed to them on their long
Journeys southward.
These cooler days and nights have
given warning TO many birds that have
been delaying their southwark flight. and
every morning look expectant for little
visitors and am rarely disappointed.
The mornings record for October tops
them all for single day. both In num-
bers and variety.
There were six catbirds, a brown
thrasher two white throated sparrows,
one white breasted nuthatch. one yellow
palm warbler-he Of the bobbing tall
one myrtle warbler, four olive backed
thrushes. two sapsuckers. one wood
thrush. Last year a little screech owl
spent the day resting. silently floating
Off with the coming Of dusk; and one
morning had the great pleasure of
seeing both the golden crowned and the
ruby crowned kinglet together on the
same tree.
/ add q more or less complete list Of
other birds that have found the ailanthus
q haven of rest hermit thrush. Mary
land yellow thrush. veery. red eyed
oriole, Canadian warbler. Wilson's war
bier, red start parula warbler, prairie
warbler. junoo. black throated green
warbler, phosbe brown weeper, robins.
wren. towhee, oven bird.
For several weeks have watched
hundreds Of migrants flying high toward
the sunset skies. too far away to deter
mine species. And several times have
seen q villain hawk on their trail
Many will perish by the way, their
journeys ara full Of peril. and the won
der is 30 many survive. How frail and
helpless they seem, and yet what cour-
age and strength they must have to
live in their world. to escape the dan
gers Of oursl
Tho birds that stop to rest and feed In
tho ailanthus trees show plainly enough
their fear Of the city. the consciousness
of a strange and menacing world OF
men about them. Most OF them stop
for q day, some only for a few hours.
When they come in tho spring know
that tho spirit OF youth is with Us again.
when I see them pass on their journey
south I know that youth has had his
day, old nests are deserted. And yet In
the winter woods shall see and hear
the embodiment Of perennial youth and
cheer, tho little black cap. the chickadee.
No winter can be dreary where the
chickades calls, nies and performs his
acrobatics. J. b. Q.
NEW YORK, October 8.
The New York herald., 1921-10-09

Cure for Ague and Specific for Deaf
ness and Dlmness of Sight.

From the London Daily MdA.
Most precious stones. from the Hope
diamond downward. have some super
stition connected with them, and that
particularly beautiful Jewel. amber, is by
no means behind hand In this respect.
The ancient Romans believed amber
to contain most valuable medicinal quali-
ties. Children wore It as an amulet. and
It was considered to be entirely effica-
cious against insanity. either taken in-
ternally In the form Of powder or worn
around the neck.
It was also supposed, when worn
around the neck. to be a cure for ague
and to act a. a defence against chills;
ground up with honey and roso-oil 1t was
regarded a. specific for deafness. and
ground with honey alone as q certain
cure for dimness Of sight.
In many parts of Europe. even In
these moro enlightened times. amber u
still considered to bring good health to
its wearer, and though some people say
that Il 10 an unluclry stone thcre are
far moro who think that Il Il exactly the
reverse. .
Most women yearn passionately nowa-
days for an amber necklace. Ono has
every respect for this most laudabls do.
sire on the part of the wiser sex, and 10
is interesting to think that amber was
the very arst precious stone made use
Of for the purposes Of personal adorn-
mont Homer mentions ''the gold necir-
lace hung with bits OF amber which was
offered by the Phonician trader to the
Queen Of SYRIA (odyssey, XIV. 46o). and
II Ia TO be seen to-day, beautifully
carved, in some OF the most ancient
specimens Of Etrusoan jewelry.
The ooior Of tho genuine article Is
perhaps reproduced nowhere else in na.
turs Its beauty has been applaudee
through ths ages.
Nero In one of his verses to Poppmaz
hair described it as Of an amber shade
evidently intending TO pay very high
compliment TO the beautiful Empress,
and hair Of this color straightway be.
came all the fashion among the high.
born ladies' Of Poppsa's court. who, Il
II ala not grow naturally upon their own
heads, donned imported wigs stolen from
tho female savases OF Great Britain and
Germany.
The New York herald., 1921-10-09

A New Jersey gentleman objects to
playing poker against an opponent
who holds six cards to q hand, which
shows the protestant IL hopsiessly be-
hind the times. The purpose of most
poker players nowadays seems to be
to make the game as unlike the orisi-
nal as they can.
The New York herald., 1921-10-09


souri, and the Mississippi Valley.
seems always to have something to
worry about. In pre-Eighteenth
Amendment days It was whether the
Wiirzburger flowed better there than
in Milwaukee. and later 1t was
whether st. Louis had better boule-
Yards than Kansas City or whether
it sold more shoes than Boston.
Now, in this year Of Missouri's cen.
tennial and a period of deep histori.
cal research, the controversy Is, Was
Monsieur LAcLEDE or Monsieur Chou
TEAU the founder of the town? The
name of the former is preserved by
a statue, of the latter by q large and
prominent family.
The controversy is an ancient one
1t has divided the old families for
years into two camps; 1t has the
thrills Of an altered gravestone In.
scription and memories OF old ro'
mances which suggest that for the
peace Of mind Of the living the
Investigation might be carried too
far. for as PHIL CHAPpELL, who
knows his Missouri as well as any
native born. bluntly wrote, There
are more than one wealthy and aris-
tocratic family In st. Louis who have
blood relations in the Indian Terri
tory who wear the blanket"
Perhaps most Missouri school chill
dreh were taught that AUaUsrr
CHouTEAu landed with party of
settlers on the site of the present
town on February IA. l764. So the
matter stood until the learned Mis-
souri, Historical Society declared
that while this was true CHoUrEAu
was only IA years of age at the time
Of this landing. and that the actual
founder OF the town was PIERRE
LAcLEDE. or, to give him his full
name, PIERRE LAcIEDE LIaUEsrE
Then the head of the clan Chou
teau called upon the Historical So
ciety to reconsider its action, and
he offered to erect at his own ex-
pense a memorial to his ancestor,
specifying, however. that the in
scription must name him as the
founder Of st. Louis. He asked the
society TO study the tombstone over
the grave of the first Chouteau.
There it saw chiselled the statement
that AUGUsrE was born in 1740. He
would thus have been at the time Of
his landing "a. not II, and accord
ingly entitled to be recognized as
the founder of St Louis.
The Pickwicks did not study with
more diligence the mysterious stone
which they uncovered than did the
Historical Society study this an
Client monument. It finally declared
that the original date on the stone
was 1850, and that this had been
changed by a recutting to 1740.
Both parties agreed upon Father
LAWRENCE J. KENNY. professor Of
history Of st. Louis University. as
arbiter. After a careful and pains
taking research Father KENNY has
Just given his decision. He discov-
cred the birth certificate of AuausTE
CHoUTEAU's mother. She was born
in 1888. and II CHourEAu was born
in 1740, as maintained by his do
scendants. his mother would have
been only z years old whom he was
born" Father KENNY IL both diplo-
matte and human; while he acknowl-
edged LAcLEpE to be the founder Of
st. Louis, he gave CHouTnAu the
credit of being his "coworker." The
big Mississippi town may now look
for something else to worry about.
The New York herald., 1921-10-09

To TIE NEW York HERALD: To my
way of thinking OF the games of the
different nations. from the Eskimo down
to tho tropics tennis, golf. hockey, bull
nghting--of all these baseball II the
least interesting and the most silly. and
how people oan line up for tickets all
night is something only insanity can
explain. ENcLIsHMAN.
New YORK. October 8.
The New York herald., 1921-10-09

~s>S>~~>s
Everest expedition is that the ascen!
Of the peak will be made from the
northeast. The preliminary recon
naissance and preparations which
the change In routes demanded have
been. carried out successfully and the
report says that the climb over this
flank of the mountain has already
begun. Nothing perhaps could more
clearly indicate the lack Of knowl'
edge which even explorers and scien-
lists had Of this region than the
final resort to this route. the one
which in the earlier discussions was
believed to be impossible.
The way which at first appeared
tc offer most promise of success was
from the southwest. This was per-
haps due to the fact that this ap-
proach was most familiar to the ma
tives Of northern India and that
shepherds and the nomads Of the
country had made further advance
from this direction than from any
other. But an investigation showed
that the natives had scarcely more
than reached the lower foothills. and
that beyond q deep valley In this
highland rose an enormous precipice
capped by a great ice cliff which
effectually cut of any hope of ap.
proach to the peak.
The climbers then began an investi.
cation from the west and northwest.
In the west they found two great
mountain spurs, which descended
abruptly to glaciers. while on the
northwest and the north they found
still more formidable obstacles In a
mountain that rose an almost verti-
cal cliff 10000 feet above another
great glacier. After these failures
the recommending party gradually
worked around to the northeast, or
&c the Tibet side Of the range. where
they found a valley which they could
cross and thus reach q high northern
ridge of Mount Everest. The nearest
previous approach to this point was
by a Tibetan expedition some ten
years ago, which was able to dis
tinguish this same ridge from a posi-.
tion on the Lhassa road about 100
miles away.
Colonel HowARD BURY, the leader
of the expedition, says that after II
was decided possible to reach this
northern ridge base camp was es.
tablished at an altitude of 1850
feet. Another camp wasN formed on
the glacier at 10000 feet and another
at about $4,000 feet on the slope of
Mount Everest. II is along the route
thus prepared that the new attempt
10 reach the peak has been under
taken. Just how far the expedition
has been successful Is not yet known
and may not be known for some time
because, as Colonel BURY says. II
takes from fve weeks TO three
months for information from the
upper camps to reach the outside
world.
Since the time when the expedition
was undertaken new altitude REQ.
ord has been made In axiatioA By
The New York herald., 1921-10-09
Music in Cincinnati.
Grand Opera Is Summer Habit There
and II Pays.

To THE NEW York HERArDs I read
with interest your editorial article on
"a Step Forward in Opera"
ST. Louis may have been successful
In light opera. but In Cincinnati grand
opera is summer habit with our nns
Symphony Orchestra and a we'll trained
scenery, costumes and lesser stars Of the
operatic armament add to the success
Moreover. Il pays. EMERY H. BARTON.
NEW YoRH. October g.
The New York herald., 1921-10-09

Boston changes The stockings worn
by the mattresses at lawn party given
In honor of the American Medical
Association, and listed In the ofYicial
record Of expenses as decorations"
were crimson. not blue.
The New York herald., 1921-10-09

Fvom the CoIun,6to Missouria~.
VIII sornc psychologist kindly explain why
II o'clock at night is the best time TO write
on . typewritek and In the morning the
bsst time 10 PIN Q cornstf
The New York herald., 1921-10-09

Is Il in delicate tribute to the min
listers of religion that the State opens
Fire Prevention Week on a Sunday7
The New York herald., 1921-10-09

The Department Of Agriculture ID
trying to find out how far house fiy
can ny. The answer is easy. As far
an q bald head.
The New York herald., 1921-10-09

The Associated Press Il exclusively entitled
70 the use for republication Of all news des-
patches credited TO n or not otherwise
news published herein. y.
All rishts Of republication Of special dcs,
patahea hessln are n1se resusvva.
The New York herald., 1921-10-09

Love gave me aii had OF joy,
Love gave me all had OF pain,
Heaped happiness without alloy,
Then swiftly wounded me again
My heart to beg release was RAIN.
So keen his ardor to annoy;
Yet now but remember plain,
Love gave me all I had of jcyi
CHARrprrn BncKDR.
The New York herald., 1921-10-09
Texas Discretion.

From the GALVESTON News.
To all those who are offering ~ bonds
anr stock for "octobsr investment We beg
10 say We have decided % buy q fan hat
The New York herald., 1921-10-09
Sweeping Condemnation Of Baseball.

LoNo BRANcz. N. j.. October ..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-08-10
JOHN GUSTAV APPELGREN

JO7N GUSTAV APPEIGREN
John Gustaf Appelgren was born in
Vanga socken, Skaraborgs Ian, Swe-
den, November 26, 1843. AT the age
of forty he emigrated to America. He
located. on farm in Traverse coun-
ty where he lived till eighteen years
ago when he retired with his family
to Willmar. For fourteen years he
was a respected citizen of, this city.
He was devoted member of the
Swedish Mission church serving as
president of the local church for ten
years. In 1915 his wife passed away
and the following year he went to
Wheaton to make his home with his
daughter, Mrs. a. G. Hedin About a
year ago Mr.. Appelgren suffered a
para!ytic stroke from which he new
er fully recovered. On Thursday,
August 4, 1921, he passed away after
having been confined to his bed only
one week. The cause of his death was
a second paralytic stroke: ~zs;~->s &,~>.~-
The children who survive a devo-
ted father are Mrs. A. G.. Hedin of
Wheaton and Mrs. N. G. Johnson of
Willmar. One daughter, Mrs. C. Pc
terson, of Carlton passed away in
September OF 1920, and another dau-
ghter, Mrs. Charley Larson,rdied at
Willmar on July Il this1year:
The deceased is also mourned by
Is grandchildren and%a great, mum
Der of other relatives and sa@host of
friends. Ne sE$:E:
The remains were shipped to Will:
mar and the funeral held here on
Sunday afternoon, August % at the
Swedish Mission chcrch. r Rev::>G.. N.