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The New York herald., 1921-03-13

T q preface to the defnitive edition Of
his works now issuing from the press
DIR. Henry Van Dyke refers to himself
as an adventurous conservative" words
that fairly represent his attitude toward the
present moral condition of society, which IS
being generally and severely criticised Con-
servative, because he desires to remind peo-
pie of the great principles at the roots OF
art and morals that preserve the life of our
best traditions, he yet adventures in quest
of new things that may make life fuller,
cleaner and better worth living.
whatever l have done, in whatever lit
erary form have done it, has been under
taken in the hope that might in some way
help the other fellow The society in which
we live affords but an approximation of JUS
tice and its gifts are unevenly distributed.
Some men get more than they deserve and
some less than they deserve. I must place
myself in the former class; but if justitica-
ton is needed perhaps it may be found in
the feeling always present in my mind that
causes me to constantly seek. to 'adven-
ture for better ordering of things.
Il don't mean by this that j am Com
munist." continued DR.. Van Dyke, "for trials
of communism in Rome in France and in
Russia have proved dismal failures, entail
ing unnecessary misery, but there is
change coming, and we do not yet perceive
in what form it will come, that will make
the world a happier place. | had hoped,
and still hope, that the first dawn of this
change would Tighten the world by a con-
cert of nations. The rays we think we sec
have not yet proved to be a false dawn.
welcome the change of administration at
Washington, while holding to the belief that
Woodrow Wilson will in time come to be
considered as one OF our greatest men, be-
cause by this change, this new adventure,
it Is possible our hopes for a true dawn viii!
focus.
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Jazz Invented by Imps for
The Torment of ImbeciIeS

Jazz, for example. / think. was invented
by imps for the torment of imbeciles. True,
II does not contain any distinct immoral
teaching because music is not a didactic
art but jazz does contain n real immoral
influence because it confuses, bewiders, be-
numbs and befuddles the mind through the
ears 1t Is, in effect, the dope or knockout
drop In the art of sound.
Laws against immoral art? Yes, ! sup
pose every civilized community has found
X necessary to have something of that kind,
otherwise we should have carloads Of filth
dumped at our back doors every morning;
but these laws it should be remembered, are
very imperfect in their scope and uncertain
in their application They can do little
to help Us. but not very much. To rely
upon legislation a safeguard against
immortality in art-that is. as q real safe
guards a great mistake. The true de-
fence must be found in the discrimination,
the taste the conscience of the individual
and the public.
1--WE must learn to ask ourselves and we
must teach our children to ask in art as well
as in commerce and other human activities
what is good in its effect and what is evil.
'It is not healthy to drink poison, even
from a iewelled cup. The shirt of Nessus
NAV have been beautifully woven, but it was
not a good garment to Wear. After all. in
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

w YHEN the United States Postal Ser
\A/ vice checked up it's losses for the
w last fiscal year the total amounted
to almost $4,000 OOO-through the robbery of
post Offices the holding up of mail trains,
accidents. At the present rate the losses
for the current fiscal year will be far in ex-
cess of this great sum. for the crime wave
is showing up in the mail service, and
America is reexperencing in a sense, the
days Of Jesse James and the Younger broth
erS.
Never In recent years has the post Office
inspection service, made up of 435 special
agents in the field and large staff of highly
trained sleuths in Washington, been so busy.
George NJ. Sutton, the chief, scarcely gets
the details Of one robbery than a telegraphic
fash arrives about another. Mail trains,
post Offices post Office wagons and post office
messengers Mt the present time are the par
ticular targets for what appears to be
systematized plot to rob the mails
The two most notable robberies of recent
weeks were those Mt Toledo Ohio, when
post office wagon was raided and securities
and money totalling not less than $1,000, 900
taken, and at Minneapolis, when a lone
bandit, boarding a mail car on the pretext
that he was a postal clerk got away with
valuables estimated al 100000 A third rob-
berry scarcely less sensational took place
few days later when four bandits armed with
rifles held up the Hummer" a fast express
on the Chicago and Alton Railway, near
Quincy, ILL.,, compelled the engineer to un-
couple the baggage and mail cars and run
them UP the track for 2 couple Of miles and
got away with registered letters and pack
ages valued at Sl25,000. In a single
month. between January is. 1921. and
February IL, 1921 the Post Office Depart
ment docketed 1854 cases Of robbery. While
this includes Of course. numerous cases OF
minor Importance. it reflects in a general
way the tremendous drive which bandits
and thieves Of all descriptions arc making
ON the mails.
Mail Robberies for re7o
Total Nearly Half Million
Chief Inspector Sutton sits at a large
SQUARE desk on the second floor OF the Post
Omce Department building In Washington
trying TO put checS'on the crime wave as
IL Is affecting the mail service. He realizes
the magnitude Of the Job cut out for him
with years or experience in the Secret Ser
vice and later at the head of the Post Office
inspection Service, he works systematical-
ly-directing the activities OF the agents in
the field suggesting new lines Of investiga-
ton, piecing together the fragmentary in
formation that Sits in through a hundred
channels and then taking the utmost salts
faction In the arrest Of the criminals. The
record for arrests in this service is remark
able.
we usually get our man. said Sutton,
with an air OF self-con1dence backed up by
experience.
During the last fiscal year between
400 900 and 500 900 cases OF all descriptions
came TO the attention Of the Post Office In
spcction Service. They were of all classes,
from the loss Of an ordinary letter to the
robbery OF q mail train. Most Of the cases.
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Belongs to No Reform Society but
The Church and the United State.

Are You a member OF a reform society,
DR.. Van Dyke?"
No" was his answer, IT do not belong to
any reform society, except the church and
the United States of America"
Ten volumes of the sixteen promised by
his publishers as the defnitiye edition of
DR.. Van Dykes writings have already APP
peared in beautiful dress of blue and gold
OF the stories "The Other Wise Man and
"Fishermans Luck" hold the apple of popu-
larity. These continue to sell like new books.
new book, collection of essays, is to
appear this spring, with the title "Camp
Fires and Guide Posts" Certain of the
authors war writings are included in the
volume He does not intend to write specif
cally about war experiences, but, said he:
ANY real writing done now will have to
be tinctured by the war, that is inevitable.
Mine cannot be an exception. But in justi-
tication of my continuing to write, if there
needs one, / want to say that / never put
out a book or a smaller piece of work
less / feel a real impulse and also feel that
my purpose is good Whenever / am in
doubt on these points / try to recall the
book. / have a vision of something better
coming to the world and wish to do what
| can to make it's coming sure and early.
and whether my effort is in the shape Of Il
poem, essay or a story the purpose
never changes.
My creed is simple: Keep what is good,
discard what bad and look confidently
for change to the better. / love the life
here at Princeton and am happy in it, but
as soon as l feel I'm getting stale in my
university work 1 want to be Off Just now
it begins to look that this coming summer
or next fall l shall get away on a long
journey to the Far East, but nothing is
settled yet
"And now we will write 'finis' to my views
on all the subjects you have asked me about
If they turn out to be too long or TOO dull
use the blue pencil, cut 'em remorselessly
You have my full permission"
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Former Mail Clerk Alone
Worked on Santa Fe Train

One cold rainy night April 5, 1920, ban
dit held up a train on the Santa Fe Rail-
road-known as Train No. Stunning be
tween Fort Madison and Kansas City. The
robbery occurred shortly after the train left
Henrietta, Mo.
The bandit boarded the train flourish
ing an automatic revolver. lie forced all
the clerks except one to get down on the
floor The single remaining clerk was com
manded 10 tie the hands Of the others and
when he had finished this job, he too, was
told to get on the floor with the rest. The
bandit bound him hand and foot. proceed
ing then to rob the mail
The robber took a knife from his pocket
and started opening the registered mail
sacks. removing what he wanted lie left
the train as IL was pulling into Kansas
City. Mo. II developed afterward that this
bandit was Horace II. Walton a one-time
mail clerk, who was killed by policeman
in Chicago the following month. after the
robbery of an Illinois Central train. on May
13, between Kankakee and Chicago
In this robbery about $4,000 was taken.
but the amount was recovered almost im-
mcdiatcly. Walton was shot, but not before
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Ridicule VIII Kill Immodest Dress and In
decent Dances, Asserts Princeton Professor,
Unstrred by Alarmist Reports on
Present Dav Standards

unusual and interesting of the
~ day afforded
with Dr. Henry Van Dyke. Readers of the Magazine
Section of THE NEW YORK HERALD have
of Bishop Galor of
Church Bishop Burgess Long Island and noted members
Of clergy Last Sunday outline
Dykes
of the Brick Presbyterian Church his
Netherlands
versiy him the widest possible viewpoint and
ciauy impressive that
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

serious judgments Of life which every human
being is bound at least sometimes, to make.
please do not misunderstood me. | think
that taken a whole the service Of art to
mankind has been high and noble. The
masterpieces. almost without exception,
have in them an inspiration which is essen
TALLY moral; that is to say, it springs from
a recognition a consciousness of an innate
and everlasting difference betweea that
which is fine and fair and that which is foul
and lewd.
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

that he had participated in the robbery as
well as having killed officer who tried
to arrest him on a previous occasion.
Meantime other officers were on the trail
of Dale Jones, and they found him at Ar
cadia. Cal. where an effort was made to ar
rest him on the night of November 10. A
battle followed with Deputy Sheriffs Ander
son and Van Vliet of Los Angeles on the
one side and Dale and his wife on the other.
The result was that Deputy Sheriff Van
Vliet and Mr.. and Mrs. Jones were killed.
knight and Sheriff. afterward were cap
tured in California and were tried at Fort
Scott, Kan. where they were convicted and
sent to prison at Leavenworth, Kan, for
twenty-five years. There they are now.
Another instance of where a bandit fled
TO California after a robbery was when a
screen wagon was robbed in Denver, Col, on
December 2, 1915 of two pouches of valuable
registered mail. The wagon was on its way
from the Denver post office to the Denver
terminal.
The post Office inspectors working on the
case hit on the trail Of Alfred Young. with
several aliases and he was arrested eleven
days later at Oakland, Cal lie was taken
back to Denver for trial. and on March
"a, 1919, was convicted and sentenced to
serve five years at Leavenworth. He was
fined. in addition, $4,000. Young at one
time had been employed as the driver OF
screen wagons in Denver.
A registered mail pouch containing a large
amount Of valuable mail was stolen from
the station at Whiting. Ind, on September
is. 1919. The post Office inspectors went to
work on the case at once with the result
that they recovered more than s16500O of
the loot, and made three arrests-Leo Philip
kowsld, Walter PhilipkowsSi and John
Weida who were convicted and sent to
serve sentences OF from one 10 four years
at the Federal Penitentiary az Atlanta, Ga.
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
EXEMPT IN MORAL LAW SAYS DR. VAN DYKE

Dr. Henry Dyke describes himself
servatve He the worlds sill
errors of the young generation and aarms reports
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Daring Robbery of Currency
in Mails Near Council Bluffs

IN M ais wear COUNCIL bluHS
One of the most daring of the train rob-
berries of recent months was that of a Chi
cago Burlington and Quincy Railroad train.
No. s. at $50 p. NJ. it was moving
between Union Pacific Transfer and the sta
tion at Council Bluffs. Iowa. One of the
mail cars was broken into by two robbers
and ten pouches OF registered mail were
thrown off at crossing where the train
was obliged ordinarily to stop.
1t developed that a confederate of the two
robbers had been stationed at the crossing
with an automobile. This man seized five
Of the pouches and drove away. The two
robbers fled with four of the pouches, while
the tenth, overlooked i'm the anxiety Of the
two men 10 leave that place later was re-
covered by the authorities.
The post office inspectors took up the case
at once. with the result that within the ff-
teen days that followed nine arrests were
made. One man. Keith i. Collins, was taken
into custody at Westville. Okla, where he
had fled after attempting to conceal large
portion of the currency that had been i'm the
pouches. The evidence was that Collins had
been the confederate Of the two masked rob
bers and had taken the nve pouches with
him in the automobile Collins was SEN
fenced - serve fifteen years at Leavenworth
while Fred l.. Poffchharger and Orville Phil
lips, convicted as the robbers, were sent
there for eighteen years ana thirteen years
respectively. large portion OF the stolen
mail was recovered and the disposition Of
the remainder or at least much Of II. was
definitely 'ascertaincd.
At Mount Vernon. ILL.,, at Gas A. M on
January IA. 1921. a mail messenger was
robbed Of two registered pouches containing
SlS9000. Within two weeks the post office
inspectors had arrested Guy Kyle and
Lauren Williamson, both residents Of Mount
Vernon, and the amount OF stolen mail, with
In few dollars, was recovered.
on tho same day, January IA last masked
bandits held up and robbed tho Jackson
street post office station at Dallas Texas
The robbers got away with two registered
pouches. but not before seriously wounding
two registry clerks and seriously woundine
another postal employee. One Of the clerks
died of wounds on January 26. Three ar
rests followed, with tho result that one or
the principals, Albert L. Rowan already has
been sentenced to serve twenty-five years in
the Federal Penitentiary at Leavenworth
with a trial for murder awaiting him In the
state court
registered pouch was stolen from mail
truck between Grand Central Terminal and
West Shore ferry, In New York city. on
May 8, 1920, with tho loss OF FIVE packages
from the Federal Reserve Bank. at New
York. These packages contained much or
value.
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Calls Jazz an Invention Of Imps for the Torment
of Imbecies, but Believes Good Music,
Like Good Books, Will Always
Exert Dominating Influence

thinking about art, that is to say, art of the
higher kind, I come back TO the words of an
old book:
Whatsoever things are pure and lovely
and Of good report if there be any virtue
and if there be any praise, think on these
things.
"A man is made by his thoughts What
he loves he is apt to look at what he looks
at long he grows to be like. These are my
views on art and morals They are what so
many persons have been asking for since the
address, really a sermon, delivered on Sun
day morning at Atlantic City, that now l
glad to have had the opportunity to give
them out in full"
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Millions in Loot Put Mail Robbers in Van of Crime Wave

OF the bandits. with pistols drawn and hand
kerchiefs conceang their features, entered
the mail car. While one of the bandits COW
cred the clerks with a pistol in each hand.
the other took five registered pouches to
the door. He then pulled the bell cord
and threw the pouches from the car. The
signal to proceed then was given, the bell
cord cut and the bandits left the train.
AS a result of the investigation that fol-
lowed a man giving the name of Alfred A.
Oliver was arrested and required to furnish
bond of $4,000. The inquiry as yet is in
complete, but one of the pouches was re-
covered.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-20
JOHN CHlNAMAN, LIVING UP TO OLD TRADITION, REFUSES
 TO SPEND NIGHT IN BISBEE

'Alle light. washee laundly. Fix um al light by Fliday. Come gettum six bits Or. "Chep-suey velly fine Chickum more good. Fixum nice ehickum chop-suey two bits"
 F The cheerful lingo never has been and probably never will be heard in Bisbee. Since the very foundation of the town it has been an unwritten law that no Chinaman should ever let the sun sink and rise on his presence in Bisbee. It is q law that has been serupulously observed.
 In the early days the law was di- rected particularly at Chinamen be- cause the old timers here had never seen. and probably never heard of any brand of oriental that did not wear a pigtail It now seems to be understood to apply 10 orientals in general. While California and other sections of the country are worrying about the problem of occupation by orientals, Bisbee. for the peculiar reasons set forth. has never been troubled in the slightest degree by the matter. rs.r
 Even pioneers of the section are unable to say exactly how the law came into being but they all agree that it has always been effective It is a notable fact that sSno Oriental ever comes into Bisbee with the inten- ton of remaining here The unwrit ten and unpublished law seems to.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-20

have spread far and wide and appears to be viewed with wholesome dread.
 Old timers recoAect an anti-Chinese league that was formed at Tombstone years ago. The purpose, they say. was to rid the town of Chinese who had taken over all the restaurants and other lines Of business, principally laundries, and seemed to offer a men, ace in way of bringing in cheap Ia bor. The law there was effective in a measure but was never so rigidly observed as in Bisbee. There are Chinamen in business in Tombstone today.
 Just what would happen if an ori- ental should try to establish himself in Bisbee is not known. As far as is known none has ever tried. Chinese vegetable peddlers come into the city from the valley and sell their pro- duce, but they always leave the same day.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-20
IAU'{ 0 5ZzlsSIIRe

During 1920, 47O,O0O automobiles
 were driven over the highways from
 factories by dealers who could not
 get them any other way. due to rail-
 road congestion. This amount is
 equivalent to nearly 14O,OOO freight
 carload lots
 Approximately 2,0OO,OOO children. living in 65.00o old rural school dis, trictS throughout the United States. are now being transported daily by motor bus to .t1s,OOo consolidated schools.
 There is. one automobile to about every 11766 inhabitants in the world. compared with one to every 14 per. sons in the United States.
 Moisture on the exposed part of the spark plug porcelain will often cause the engine to misfire. This trouble on a wet day may be obviated by sreasing the porcelain with vaseline.
 Because of its narrow streets, Yo- kohama, Japan, has to be satisfied with baby motors for taxis. Several hundred are in operation. The charge is 25 sen a mile. ,---,,s
 {, "Stagger" the jolts over ruts and deep holes in the road Don't let both wheels hit the obstructio., -suarely. The impact will not be so severe on the car and the effect will be like crossing railroad tracks on an angle.
 There are 104 passenger automo- piles and fl trucks in Dairen, Man. churia- Considering that there is on- ly one stretch of good road S.7S miles | long, traffic is considerably congested.
 Tire experts agree that more than | half the tire troubles are due to un- derinflation. As it is the air and not ! the rubber that carries the load. there | should be as much air as possible in | the tube without approaching the | breaking point of the rubber at the | weakest spot of the tube.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-20
Eggs AS A Lenten Dish

To many people eggs" mean boiled or fried. but the ways of cooking eggs are legion Very often the finished product makes one entirely forget that the dish is fundamentally an egg dish and the protein food in the meal. Custards. souffles, many sauces. and some timbales contain eggs in dis Suise
 Nine eggs are considered equal to d pound of beef in nutritiye yalue Carefully cooked they gre an adequate substitute for meat. As the white of egg is almost pure albumen eggs should always be cooked at q low temperature.
 Menu for Today , BREAKFAST - Orange juice. corn. meal pancakes, sirup, coffee.
 LUNCHEON - Mock oyster salad. health bread and butter, nut souffIe. tea.
 DINNER = Navy bean soup. seal loped tomatoes, asparagus salad, sra- ham pudding with hard sauce, coffee.
 My Own, Recipes
 In this dinner menu the bean soup furnishes the protein, the graham pudding supplies the bulky food and the hard sauce the necessary fat. Carbohydrates also are found in the pudding and again in the scalloped tomatoes.
 MOCK OYSTER SALAD
 roots oyster plant
 4 cup diced celery
 pimentoes
 A cup walnut, meats Scrub oyster plant and cook in boiling salted water till tender. Dip in cold water and rub off the skin. Cut into dice. Mix oyster plant and celfy and let stand about half an hour in French dressing. Arrange on lettuce, garnish with pimentoes cut in stripes and sprinkle with nuts.
 NUT SOUFFLE
 l tablespoon butter
 22 tablespoons flour
 24 cup milk