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Evening star., 1921-10-30

"O THE EDITOR: Well it is get
ting pretty near time for cleo
ton day in n. Y. city and a
good many other places and
they's beginning to be less talk about
gin and divorce and more talk about
politics and I suppose probably my
devotees will be interested in know
ing that l have withdrew from the
mayor election in y. y. city as
found out that they have liquid soap
and paper towels in the city nall
here and besides that the mayor mas
to bow and smile at all the traffic
policemen he passes and theys a
couple of them who 1 couldn't act
friendly towards them and keep my
self respect after some of the re-
marks they have made to me though
perhaps in a spirit of fun.
So I will leave the other boys to
fight it out amongst themselfs as to
who will be our next mayor but L
can't help from being interested IN
the election and the issues OF the
campaign. and though the result
still 1 feel like 1 owe it to my ad-
mires to come out in the open and
tell my idears in regards to the diff
ferent problems that faces the next
mayor and how ! would deal with
same was 1 willing to give up pri-
Vate life at this time and use paper
towels for the next 4 yrs.
AS generally always happens in
big city like N. Y. city. one of the
main issues Is the traction issue and
the chief sauawk seems to be from
people that claims they can't never
get seats on the subway and ele-
waited trains and etc. specially
during the "a rush hours.
WELL friends. my answer to this
" squawk is that if a person rides
more than one station without get
ting a seat why it is their own fault
and they are a sucker. as they could
get seat if they would use their
brains and go at it the right way.
All that is needed is a little cour-
age and knowledge of human nature.
like for inst. / have scheme that
has worked pretty good for me the
last couple yrs. namely. when l get
into a crowded train the first thing
/ do Is study the faces of the boys
and gals that is setting down and
by noticing their expression and how
they act / can generally always tell
which ones is going to get off at the
next stop.
Then / just stand right in front of
Evening star., 1921-10-30
A Dangerous Cargo.

WILD animals shipped across the
sea sometimes get loose on the
voyage. An English dealer who came
over from India to England with
$4,000 worth of animals aboard a
sailing ship had such an experience.
An Indian badger was loose for
two weeks and a specimen of the
sacred monkey of northern India was
out of its cage for nearly the whole
voyage. Where the badger concealed
itself during the day nobody knew.
but the meat and boiled rice that
were put out for it at night always
disappeared before morning.
The monkey lived up in the rig
ging comfortably enough. notwith-
standing five feet of chain hanging
to its neck. Food was put out for 1t
every night. and by day 1T satisfied
it's hunger by catching and eating the
potatoes that the sailors amused
themselves by throwing un to it. A
more dangerous experience was one
in which a hyena broke loose on
board a ship going to London from
the Persian gulf. Tho captain order
ed the shooting of the animal. but
when it came to executing the order
the hyena could not be found.
Naturally, everybody on board was
more or less nervous. especially at
night. 1t was decided to keep the
hyena well fed, and to this end food
in plenty was left in dark corners of
the vessel.
When the ship arrived in dock the
stevedores, hearing that wild ami
NAL was at large upon her, hesitated
about beginning to unload. In this
emergency, a telegram was sent to
another dealer in wild beasts, ask
ing him to send additional men to
capture the hyena. This dealer was
away and the telegram lay unopened
until the next day. In the mean
time, the stevedores summoned suf-
ficient courage to begin work and
soon found and captured the hyena
1t was in the hold and was in splen-
did condition. How it came into
| it's hiding place could never be ex-
planned.
Another unexplained mystery was
, the loss of a python. The dealer had
occasion to send nine pythons across
the continent. They are usually sent
by threes in a sack. the sacks being
put in a large box and the lid nailed
down. This time, however, they were
sent loose in a box.
The dealer himself saw nine pu,
! In, but only eight were there at the
end of the journey. The box was
perfectly tight. and the python could
not, it was figured. have got out. II
! was never known what happened
whether one swallowed another-and
pythons are not known to do this-or
whether the box had been tampered
with. Anyhow. the snake was gone.
Evening star., 1921-10-30
Prehistoric Tin Htade.

ECENT investigation s7oft the old
~ problem of the diffmioa of tin
over eastern Europe and AiiA Minor
in prehistoric times, leadasto the con-
clusion that about a thousshd years
before Christ the tin ofsthb British
Isles was carried overland to the
Aegean sea. The inventlo3 of the
anchor led, about 2.700 yea1k ago, TO
the opening of a marinel butte be-
tween England and the iea}kern end
Of the Mediterranean, aud Then the
Phrygians controlled the In trade
with their ships. The shor4 summer
nights of north Britain were among
the wonders that Greeks talked of In
the days of Homer. %
Evening star., 1921-10-30
By II. Heskeh Pticha1u

and we will take him to the precipice
above the eastern gorge. There he
will learn how traitors die"
Then. turning and pointing to the
revolver: "As to that toy, 1t was /
who ordered Robledo to give 1t to
you in the shadow of the ientisco
shrub. you fool Remove the prisoner!'
DAWN was just beginning to rise
lemon -colored over the rims of
the mountains when Don Q.'s men
bandaged the eyes of Fuentes. Before
that they had taken him forward to
look down the vast precipice, where
he was to find his death.
Don Q. gave an order and the
folded him. His knees they tied
together SO that he must hop forward.
and presently he began to hop. He
never knew how many hops he took.
though he strove to count them, but
he thinks 1t was at the eleventh that
he left the earth. A moment later
he found himself lying upon a bank
with all the brigands grinning around
him, and even DON Q.'s face was less
grim than he had ever seen it.
What has happened?" he cried.
Have done and torture me no more"
r1suts! But Don ,: Q; laughed, .y 81 No; .a no; :
yourself a good Catholic, and so 1
have shortened the length of your
drop by some hundreds Of feet. See.
they pressed you over this little bank.
not that great precipice. Now.
Fuentes. I lay a choice before you.
You stay here. or you go from among
us. but if you stay here 1t must be
as my true man. After all. you will
not change the nature of your en-
ployment. for when Manuelo Tuiz
signed that paper he knew that the
reward upon my head had been in
creased to $4,000. He is one kind of
brigand: l am another. That is all.
There lies the path to the plains
here the path to our fires. Choose"
Without word Fuentes turned
back to the brigands' camp.
Don Q. laughed again. II foresee."
said he. that it will be interesting
when you go down into the plains
to report my death. for I myself will
accompany you, and together we will
draw the $4,000 reward from his
excellency Don Manuelo.
Evening star., 1921-10-30

acrost the Hudson river to New Jer-
sey and n the people is for 1t but the
other u haven't no itch to see the
west and they don't feel like tho city
should ought to spend the money sucn
a bridge would cost.
would compromise this question
by starting bridge on the New Jer-
sey side of the river and building it
J. acrost and after that 1t would be
women and children first and every
man for himself.
That is how I feel on some Of the
big questions that will confront our
next mayor and whoever 1t Is. he is
welcome to my idears and I am sorry
can't see my way clear to run this
change my mind or what is left Of 1t.
RING w. LARDNER,
Great Neck. Oct. 2a.
Evening star., 1921-10-30

~ ON MANUELO TUIZ. the gov,
ernor of Castelleno. stared at
the official letter which had
come by private courier, and
which lay upon his desk.
Fifty thousand dollars" he NUT
tered. The price on Don Q.'s head is
rising. A year ago it was twenty
thousand. Well. we must have no
failures this time.
He rang the bell.
A manservant entered.
"At 8 o'clock a caballero will
present himself at the lower door,"
said the governor. Ills name is
Fuentes the Bull Fighter You will
bring him here and you Will mention
his visit to no one. To no one, you
understand. l will let him out my
self"
The manservant retired. and the
governor threw himself back in his
chair and lit a cigarette. He had
seen good deal of service in the
Spanish colonies and had behind him
certain episodes which proved that
nothing would be permitted to stand
in the way of his ambition. This may
or may not. have been the reason
that caused the authorities to nomi
nate him to the governorship which
SO closely abutted upon those grim
mountains in which Don Q. the most
famous of all brigands. had lurked for
SO many years, setting at naught all
the efforts made to capture or kill
him.
Expedition after expedition had set
forth for that purpose, the governor
reflected. but had always returned.
unsuccessful. each leaving large
percentage Of it's members to the
Vultures of the barren heights, for
Don Q. was a master of guerrilla war
fare and his intelligence department
was extraordinarily efficient. For
many a league round his hidden
cave in the black rock every cazador
and every charcoal burner owed him
allegiance. He paid lavishly for the
truth. and no man lived to bring him
false tidings twice. The result was
natural. Nothing happened within
the sphere of his influence without
his hearing of it at once, and though
Castelleno might be considered out
side that sphere, yet Don Manuelo
was a man who took no chances. and
had therefore arranged to receive
Evening star., 1921-10-30

bledo and Gaspar followed him. and
1t needed all their efforts to save him
from being carried over the fall.
But Fuentes saved his hat.
At the time, neither Robledo nor
Gaspar said anything. but that night
gained possession of the hat. Then
he went away, and by the light of
fire examined it. 1t did not take him
long to find. sewn inside the lining,
the paper which the governor of Cas-
telleno. Don Manuelo, had signed. The
Fuentes. and the paper he carried
Immediately to Don Q.
The brigand chief was sitting over
his fire. and at first hetook no notice
of the entrance Of RObledo. Five
minutes passed. and then:
Robledo told his tale. and handed
over the paper. Don Q. read 1T, and
having done so. remained sunk In abb
straction for many minutes.
At length he spoke. and gave GER
tain orders.
TT was in the dusk of that same
evening that two things happened
to Fuentes. The first was that as he
passed by a lentisen shrub a voice
gave the peculiar warning hiss OF the
mountains, and a hand belonging to
face ank body which he never saw.
thrust a revolver into his own.
Fuentes stood for a moment star
ing at the revolver. opened it. saw
by the starlight that it was loaded.
then slipped it into the folds of his
loose clothes.
A couple hours later. "Fuentes,"
said Robledo, you are wanted at
once above there"
"Above there" meant the cave of Don
@. So Fuentes climbed the narrow
path and walked IN, to find the chief
seated in front of a table and work
ing at some papers.
You will relate to me-" he said,
Evening star., 1921-10-30

them and when they get up 1 flop
in their place and / may say that
l have seldom been beat to seat
that 1 had picked out for myself
specially when the other contestants
was women or gents over 10 yrs. olu.
Going down town in the A. NJ. you
can spot a gal that is going to dis
mount at the next station because
a few minutes before she gets there
she speeds up on her chewing gum
so as she will be sure and get all
give II up. and she also starts look
ing under the seat and different
places for the or 6 trinkets she
had in her lap when she set down.
A man that is about to get off gen.
orally always gets out cigarette
and a match so they won't be no time
Evening star., 1921-10-30

A GREAT colony OF os
1 4 fishhawks, built their
one time upon the property q
GUS owners of land on an is i
New York, a fact that
ornithologists to gather sol e
esting data with respect to e
ing habits of this bird. -
one osprey's nest was ~
nile of old fence rails,
or eight feet from the grou
been added to annually un
of sticks. sods, decayed q
weed and the like amoun~u
thing like three cartloal
other nests were built in ce
These. too, had been occup
year for many seasons, and
Increased by the addition
material until they fillsd
upper parts of the trees.
In the wooded parts of
the nests were numerous.
est trees in the interior of
were all occupied. and on
of the wood every tree, largt
had at least one nest, and
them two or three. On Z
plain beyond the woods a hi
more nests were built on TIL
and on the north shore, W
beach was strewn with bow
most every one of the large
a nest on it.
When men approached Sol
nests, the older birds flew
away and did not return
was quiet. In other cases,
were noisy and even shot
darting down at the visit
and striking out with tht
The birds, however, wou
to their eggs when the {
mained quiet. though they
only fifty feet away.
One nest was seen to cont
broken ak, a bootjack and
hat. OF the variety Of
wrought into the different
the following is list: Bar
barrel heads and hoops. tn
q boat, a small rudder and
life preservers, brooms. an
a feather duster, blackii
parts Of a hay rake, a -
several pairs of shoes, pai
sers, a long fish line won
board with hooks and sinker
tin cans, a doormat and a
In the interstices of man
larger structures. small D
built their nests, well prote
the weather. The grackles VI /
cially given to doing thiSsr q
very bold in collecting q
from the fishhawks' tahlDl[
Evening star., 1921-10-30
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be larg-
be wood
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pr small.
BONE of
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cks had
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silently
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hawks
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heads
talons.
return
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slaves,
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Evening star., 1921-10-30

THE beautiful eauestrienne statue
L of Joan Of Arc, which stood in
front Of the Cathedral. and which.
through all the rain Of shells escaped
untouched - miraculously preserved.
It is believed-had been removed
when we were there and has only re-
Gently been returned to its former
place. Although 1t came through four
years Of the war safely, just at the
returning, and the people Of Rheims
decided not to risk the treasured
statue again. SO 1t was removed to a
place Of safety. But q short time
after this the armistice was signed,
and the Germans never came again
to Rheims, and now fair Joan looks
out upon the square in front Of the
Evening star., 1921-10-30

~ ON MANUELO TUIZ. the gov,
ernor of Castelleno. stared at
the official letter which had
come by private courier, and
Evening star., 1921-10-30

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Evening star., 1921-10-30

xE left Paris at 9 o'clock In
Ah/ the morning to motor TO
Wv Rheims. There were six of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
MIR. Root and the World Court

MIR. Root has declined because Of
advanced age to be nominated as one
Of the judges of the international
court of justice under the League
of Nations. He was proposed for
this honor by six countries--Italy,
France, China, Brazil, Bolivia and
Uruguay. The court itself is in
large part his creation. He was one
Of the leading members of the inter
national committee which organized
it and defined it's functions. He has
been more conspicuously associated
than any other living American with
the project of establishing a world
court of arbitration.
1t may be that Mr.. Root felt some
delicacy about accepting a post in
an international tribunal not recog-
nized by the United States. But the
creation of tribunal of this sort is
still a feature of American policy.
L liC Ss's~lCl CllCS Oll Cllt 1llIllldLlOIl OIL
ornaments and the problems of the
Pacific is intended to open the way
for concert of nations and the en-
ployment of arbitration as means of
settling international differences.
Some world court is likely to be set
up, with the United States as one of
its sponsors. For this body, as for
the one now being constituted at
Geneva, Mr. Root would be a most
obvious selection. If for personal
reasons he considers himself unavail-
able for this sort of service, the
world will sincerely regret it.
Mr.. Root is, however, still avail
able for the Washington conference.
His all-around competency for mem
bership of the American delegation
is interchangeable. Our representa-
ton in this important world council
would be materially strengthened by
his appointment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Life More Abundantly"

One of the greatest achievements
of modern science was so modestly
mentioned the other day that it has
passed with little notice. 1t was
the statement of Dr. George w.
Hoagland, secretary of the Ameri-
can Insurance Union, that in the
last twenty-five years the average
span of human life has been length
ened by four years. To this result
several sciences have contributed
and to each full credit must be
given. But the result stands
unique and supreme. 1t is the con-
summate triumph of all the arts and
sciences of civilization that men
shall have life, and shall have it
more abundantly. Nothing else
counts for quite so much as that.
AS a work in economics there is
nothing like it; the pecuniary value
of that extension of life is almost
beyond comprehension. AS a con-
tribution to human happiness it is
incompatible.
Great as this achievement is, it is
merely beginning. If four years
of life have been gained in quar-
ter century, four more may be
gained in the next twenty-five years
or less. We know, of course, how it
has been done-through progress in
medicine and surgery and in SAM
tation, through the conquering and
suppression OF yellow fever, ma
laria, cholera, diphtheria, typhoid
and other scourges which formerly
claimed their multitudes of victims.
But there is still so much to do in
similar directions that we might
almost say, adopting Paul Jones's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Our Proud Boast

The announcement that one of our
most popular comic illustrators has
just purchased another racehorse for
a sum declared to be in the neighbor-
hood Of 100000 will be received with
appropriate feelings of respect for
such transaction. Mr.. Theodore
Dresser, Mr.. H. l.. Meneken and
other iconoclasts have taken delight
from time to time in explaining that
America has no art and no litera-
ture. But what are they to say to
this? Was Michelangelo able to do
as much?
1t is true that the pictures of
many artists now deceased are COM
mandlng prices much higher than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
shortcut grant Of Philippine inds-

shortcut grant Of Philippine inds-
,pendencs.
The evil done by Governor Gen
eral Harrison will have to be re-
paired. No other American Is. SO
well equipped as General Wood Is to
lift the insular administration to It's
former plane of efficiency and help
fulness or to correct the impression
that Washington's chief concern in
the islands is TO discover some little
native group to which it may turn
over the archipelago's destinies.
The Generals record as colonial
governor has been superb. He is
the one man for a place of excep-
tional .fficulty and Importance,
And hi patriotism is such that he
assumes the task laid on him with
no other thought than that.it lies in
escapably in the path of duty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
To Plan for Russian Relief

Colonel Haskell and the members of
the American Relief Administra-
TONS commission leave to-day for
Russia on one of the most important
missions that have sailed from
America.
Composed of men trained in oh
serving and experienced IN the needs
and the methods Of relief work, the
commission is to make thorough in
vestigation of conditions in Russia
and draft a plan Of operations to
meet conditions as they are. In his
farewell message to the mission Mr..
Hoover explained to Colonel Haskell
that "there must be no discrimira-
ton as to politics, race or creed.
Charity can take no interest in in
ternational politics, and any individ-
ual who does not so conceive his
work should be Immediately with
drawn upon your initiative"
1t has been charged by American
Bolshevists that Mr.. Hoover has
political motives. The story of Cap.
tain Gregory in Hungary has been
cited as a warning to the Russians.
Gregory, who represented the Su-
preme Economic Council, and not
the American Relief Administration,
was outspoken in his condemnation
of Bolshevism, and drew picture of
himself stemming Red revolution
with lone hand. Of the overthrow
of Bella Kun and the Bolshevists in
Hungary he almost says III did it
with my little Ratchet" But if he
showed hostility to Bolshevism he
showed no more kindly feeling
toward reaction, for it is his boast
that he denied the throne of Hun
gary to the Hspsburgs.
However much the American peo-
pie would like to see the downfall of
oOlc1CNlSlli, WIliCli lS CIlc ullQcIlylll2
cause of Russia's misery, and how
ever much the Bolshevists hope it
will serve to keep them in power, Mr..
Hoover's statement that politics, re-
ligion and race must play no part in
the work Of the commission outlines
the only proper policy for humani-
tartan work.
The money for the relief of Russia
will be furnished by all the different
relief associations, including the
Jewish Joint Distribution Commit
tee, the National Catholic Welfare
Council, the Friends Service Com
mittee and others. 1t is, of course,
essential that all relief shall be CO.
ordinated under one direction if Rus
sia's children are to be saved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Sick of Cantonments
ditor of The Tribune,

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Most of the legislation intro
duced for the ex-service man has been
killed, blocked, pigeon-holed or laid on
the table because of the game of poll
tics as it is played behind closed doors,
with the password pass the buck" or
"Let George do it," What has become
Of the adjusted compensation bin, the
land preference, the civil service pref
erence bills and many others?
The greatest debt is to the disa bled
man, and unanimously we declare the
disabled veteran must be cared for and
no stone left unturncd to pay him our
debt of gratitude.
Now it is proposed to use army can
comments as so-called vocational
schools and to hire professors and in
structors to go to these camps to give
their lectures. The disabled men are
to live in the environments. Is it FEAST
Bile for man to study law, medicine,
engineering, dentistry or any other
profession in a environment? Will it
not be impossible to induce the best
instructors to accept contract? There
will be no facilities such as libraries
extra tutors and contact with practical
men. In addition, men of all types,
characters, whims, likes, dislikes,
troubles, hobbies, temperament, pecu-
llarities, religion, races, will be thrown
requiring different treatments, differ
ent diets, etc.
The men en- the whole are sick of
army environments and atmosphere
Such plan will breed dissatisfaction.
HAROLD P. SULLIVAN,
Empire Post $50.
New York, Aug. 81, 1921.