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The New York herald., 1921-10-18
The Longest Tow.

To THE NEW YonK Herald: In re-
gard to tho statement that credit for the
longest tow on record belongs to the
steamship Monroe. this vessel having
towed the Osksloosa 1900 miles. we
wish to inform you that our vessel
Beilemina towed the steamship Monoimac
1890 miles, the Beileniina having picked
up the Monomac September 81. 1921. at
4:so A. NJ, as :os N.-44:lo W.. and
dropped her Mt safe anchorage near
Scotland Lightship September 80 at s 80
p. NJ.
During the period involved in towing
the vessel severe gales and heavy sesz
we're encountered and the towing haw-
ser parted three times.
NEW YORK AND ARobNrINs STEAMSHIP
COMPANY, 1Nc.
N~w YORK, October IL.
The New York herald., 1921-10-18
EVENTS TO-DAY.

New York University, founders day SER
vices. University Heights. p. NJ.
Henry H. Curran will, yill speak sas at AL a luncheon
Astor. IL go M.
H Honest a., Ballet association. luncheon. Col
National Homeopathic Clinic Day will be
observed at the New York HoInecpathic
special clinics. $3.50 A. NJ. II A. M. and
80 p. NJ.
National Health Council. dinner. Keen
Chop House. II wcst Thirty-sixth street.
Z p. NJ.
national Machine Tool Builders Associa-
tion, annual convention. Hotel Astor. all day.
Patrolmen's Benevolent League, meeting.
Maennerchor Hall. US East Fifty-sixth
street. p. M.
DR.. Francis p. Ramsey. viii speak on I'm
employment, Its Cause and Its Cure. at
the Broadway Tabernacle forum. Broadway
and Fffty-sixth street. s:15 p. M.
"ArchseolosicaI Research in Central Asia" !"
lecture by Paul Pelliot, Metropolitan Museum
OF Art, AIS p. NJ.
1.-The Pay Clinic Will De discussed at .
meeting Of the section OF medicine, New York
Academy of Medicine. II West Forty-third
street. $3.50 p. NJ.
New YORK chronological Society. meeting.
American Muserm of Natural History, Sew
crity- seventh street and Central Park West.
National Garment Retailers Association.
luneheen. Waldorf, Astoria .,$ ! i,,tn F. -. ,o.r
c;overiaer will speak at meeting under the
auspices OF the Board Of Child Welfare.
Washii. gton Irving High School. Irving place
and Sixteenth street, p. M.
Marvin Lowenthal will speak on Jews In
Philosophy" New York University. Cniver-
sity Heights. p. M.
New York State Circulating Managers As
ISOLATION, meeting Hotel McAlpin, all day.
Phi Chi Medical Fraternity. meeting. Ho-
Associaticn OF Tic Manufacturers. meeting.
waldorf Astoria, 10 A. M.
American Railway Bridge and Building As
sociation meeting Hotel McAlpin. ell day.
Fifth Avenue Hospital. luncheon. Hotel
Indoor Polo Association. dinner and meet
ing, Hotel Biltmore. Z p. M.
Delta Upsiion Fraternity. luncheon. Cafe
Boulevard, r. NJ.
The New York herald., 1921-10-18
Light On Japan's Policy.
Information for the Armament Con-
ference In Mr.. SeibOld's Articles.


To THE NEW YORK HERALD: 1t rs a
pleasure to commend the f1pe service
rendered by THE NEW YORK HERALD IN
presenting Mt this most opportune time
the series of articles on the Japanese
problem so conlprehensively and pene-
tratingly reported by Louis Seibold.
In their scope, IN the variety OF IN
terests involved and In the comparative
yaaidity of their assembling in strange
ind and among suaveiy e"asiSe
hople these day by day news stories
ION Japan and Corea constitute a very
rcuhrkable and unusual journalistic
\ feaa The manner of handling and the
icIarty OF presentation reflect kind OF
|perstnal ability that should place every
one bf the International delegates to tho
| armament limitation conference under
obligation for real and latest advance
iRormatiun from perhaps the worlds
gratest present potential point OF vio-
len and far reaching international erup-
tioi
J,pan has come into the game late,
but scarcely a move that she has made
towad aggressive expansion and subju-
gaticl but has q precedent which can
be aEly cited by Japan as actually now
smugy and selhshly enforced by one or
another Of the great European nations
that must come into that conference and
tacitly uphold Japan in aer revealed at
titude or confess themselves similarly,
thouglilonger at fault and perhaps Will
| ing to legin reforming ARCHIE RICE.
| New yoRk, October IT.
The New York herald., 1921-10-18
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Partly cloudy
ana somewhat warmer to-day; to-mor-
row fair. fresh south and southwest
shifting to west winds.
For New Jersey--Gieneraily fair to-day and
Tomorrow. mid temperature, raoderate to
fresh south and southwest shifting to west
For Northern New EngIand-Unsettled and
warmer to-day: probably showers tomorrow.
winds.
For Southern Kew Eneland---Generally fair
to-aay ana Tomorrow. warmer to-day. mod
erats 10 fresh south and southwest shifting
to west winds.
For Western New York-showers to-day;
tomorrow cloudy. mild temperature, fresh to
tinued relatively higb over the north Az
lantic States. the Canadian maritime prov-
incss ana the north plateau states. A dis
turbance OF moderate intensity was central
eastward. ana disturbance OF marked in
tensity was central over north Alberta NOV
ing rapidly eastward. There have been local
Maine ss daSns Ss ahs The ssos sst ny hGSf: i
sibpi and middle Missouri valleys and the
north Rocly Mountain region westward to
the Pacific coast. Elsewhere throughout the
vailed. The temperature was above normal
almost generally except along the north
Atlantic coast.
and Wednesday in the lake region. northern
New Englnnd northern New York ana
southern Florida. and generally fair weather
elsewhere east Of the Mississippi River.
iantic States tomorrow. otherwise II viii
days.
The New York herald., 1921-10-18
Search for New Anesthetic.

The annual grant from the re-
search fund of the American Pharma.
ceutical Association, according to the
announcement yesterday of Professor
II. V. Army of Columbia University,
has been made this year to Professor
DAVID I. MAcuT of Johns Hopkins
University for the continuation Of his
work in the production Of new and
satisfactory an@sthetic. There has
been a marked advance in recent
years in the development OF this
branch of medicine, but it has not al
ways been along the line to which
Professor MAcHT has devoted his re-
searches, that Is, compounds which
have a sedative action and which will
successfully replace the habit form.
ing opium and its derivatives.
The history OF modern surgery Is
,eplete with tributes to the great
debt due, as OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
expressed it, to "the an@sthetics
mercifully granted to a world grown
sensitive in proportion to its cul-
ture." 1t was only as far back as
1s46 that ether, now in such general
Use for the purpose, was first admin
istered In surgical operation at the
Massachusetts General Hospital, Bos-
ton, and il was in 1868 that the
Ether Monument was erected on Bos-
ton Common while the bitter contro.
versy between the two rival claim
ants to the discovery of the substance
was still waging, controversy which
led one of the sages Of Beacon Hill
to remark that 1t was not case Of
ether but of either.
Ether has largely supplanted the use
of chloroform in many cases In this
country, but its introduction into
European hospitals was rather slow
until the last few years. The deveI-
opment of its use in America has
been mostly in its administration,
and this within the last twenty years
has becomes a highly specialized
branch of the medical profession.
The demands OF the dentist have
been one Of the special causes for
the development df local an@sthetics.
'rnese. have grown in number and
they have been of great benefit in
alleviating suffering and they have
been of especial value to the dental
surgeon. The application of local
anmsthetics in the relief OF acute
pain has been charged with leading
to the use Of habit forming drugs
and physicians have long sought
The New York herald., 1921-10-18
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.
MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX.


.Treud OF tho Times.' Prof william b.
Guthrie. ct wadieigh High School. 1foth
street. wet OF Seventh avenue.
plays OF the Hour" Miss Ada Sterling.
at n. Y. p. L.. Woodstock Branch. '59 East
i00th street. The Bronx.
abilities" Mrs. Ethel G.. e.. Paxson. at Pub
lie School 10. 2S West Thirteenth street;
illustrated.
THE scottish People In America" J. n.
IT. Muirhead. at Public School 60, Eighty
eighth street. east OF First avenue; illus
trated.
..Tbe Influence W French Music Upon
American Music and Composers, Harold II.
Yarroll, at Public School 132. 1ssd street
and wndsworth avenue.
.Imr ,gration and Americanization." Fred
erIck A. wallis. at American. Museum OF
Natural History. sevcnty-seventh street and
Central Park West.
"fIungary's Contribution to American Mu-
e,of College. - six,y-oishth street and Lexington
avenue.
..,rhe Pole in American Music" Miss M.
Josephine wiethan, at Public School 90. sO1th
street and fipii avenue. The Bronx.
..sonrs Of the Emerald isle" Frank T. Mo-
,ony. NJ 81. Anseim's HAN. linton avenue
near is5th rtreet. The Bronx.
ERooxIYN. QUEENS AND RICHMOND.
..-rrera of the Times" Miss Jennie M.
rsvis. A. Bay Ridge High School. Fourth
avenue and sixty seventh street.
Book OF the Hour Prof. y. g. Carter
Troop, at y. r. L., Pacific Branch. Fourth
..The Jew In America" Max T. Rohler,
at Boys High school. Marcy and Putnam
.The French in America Jonas Lipp-
mann. AT public School 30. Conover and
"oisy "p,ssisr, Music. Edward Bromberr. n.
Public School ia. Dumont and Alabama
n
peg o. MY Heart" Miss Gladys Lott. al
public School o., Old House Landing Road,
'".se ..se,rit Of "a, az and To-day" d
Thomas Il. potterton. nt Public School sf
Richmond Turnpike. iAnoleumvilie. state.
Island; illustrated.
The New York herald., 1921-10-18
Chinese in Malaysia.
They Have Recently Gained Greatly
In Influence.
From the Asia Maoasine.

Tho general character of Chinese In.
fiuence in Malaysia was and Is economic
rather than social or political. The
main object Of the Chinese was always
trade, and a thousand peaceful merchant
vessels sailed into the southern seas for
every one that was sent there on politi-
cal or warlike mission.
or metals possessed by the natives
iron. lead. gold and silver appear to have
been derived chiefly from the Chinese
while brass, bronze. copper and tin came
mainly from Indian sources. The art OF
mining these metals and the implements
and tools used In working them among
the Malays appear to have had the
same respective origins. Metal armoY
and some Of the older types OF weapons
are probably Indian. while certain later
weapons and the manufacture and use
OF firearms are Chinese.
In clothing and ornaments an equal
diversity Of origin is apparent The
characteristic sarong. turbsn, bronze
bells, anklets and armlsts and variety
Of smaller ornaments appear to be
Indian. The skin tight trousers of the
suiu Moros are suggestive Of Indian
pdttees. On the other hand. the jacket
With sleeves, the loose trousers worn by
Moro women. glass beads. and many
types Of hats, raincoats, footgear, &C..
are almost certainly Chinese. So Also
Il the restriction Of yeiltw gsrb to royal
or aristocratic usage ana the prevalence
or blue among the comiaonaity. Silks.
porcelain and glazed pottery of all sorts
came from China; cotton and the ramic
Abre were introduced from India. though
In the more recent centuries China also
acquired cotton and exported cotton
cloths.
Practically all the words in Malayan
languages which can be traced to Chi
nese source are of o purely economic or
coHimerciaI, character. The earlier inter-
course appears to have been carried or
almost wholly from ships trading along
the shores. There appear to have beer
few. II any. Chinese settlements in Malay
lands before the thirteenth century. but
after that date they Increased rapidly
Practically all the settlers, however
married native women and brought III
their children as .NEiays rather than as
Chinese AS ID Judgment II may be
said that whiieS idian culture penc-
trated to the very Mart OF Malay mental
and social life IN, Chinese merely
scratched the surface- In recent times
however. the celestias have been pene'
trating moro thoroughly into the island
life. and while the IndRn influence has
long been waning theChinese has been
slowly but ever surrey increasing IL,
hold.
The New York herald., 1921-10-18

nous farmers, Industrious. sobeA In
dependent. They are not PROBES
sive; old ways are good enough \or
them. But wherever they plant thp-
selves they prosper through toll.
What makes trouble for the Me-
nonites and their neighbors OF othk
religious sects is their attitude Il
ward war. They are pacifists b
conviction. non-resisters. In tn
United States they pay their taxa
without making any trouble for TIL
collectors. but when the country goe:
to war they simply ignore the can
They are exempt from service as re
ligious objectors, as Quakers are
and, like the Quakers, they keep their
ranks free from slackers who seei
membership in their church merely
to escape military duty.
But what, in time of peace, appear
to the neighbors of the Mennonites
to be only strange customs and pc
culiar habits become q source of ir
ritatiOn in times of war. Muthers
and fathers whose sons are giving
their lives in defence of their coun
try do not look with patience OF
sturdy men enjoying the protection
Of the national institutions but never
offering their blood to sustain them
Thus it was in Canada, WHARF, Men,
nonites, welcomed as useful develop
ers OF the agricultural resources of
the Dominion before the war, were
denounced as undesirable citizens
during and after the conflict. The
feeling ran SO high in Canada that
the Mennonites were finally forced to
abandon the homes they had created
and are now migrating to Mexico
where. like the Mormons who quit
the United States for our southern
neighbor, they look for freedom ia
follow their own particular ways
without interference.
If the United States admits Men.
nonites it must do SO with full un
derstanding of their attitude toward
war, and the people of the neighbor.
hoods in which they found their col.
onies-they are clannish breed
must expect them to carry their prac-
tices through In their daily lives, war
or peace. And persecution has never
daunted the Menoonites; they suffer
without retaliating. which serves tc
enrage their prosecutors the more.
The New York herald., 1921-10-18
The Mennonite Invasion.

Sixty.two Mennonites, the advance
guard Of $4,000 members OF their sect
who want to come from their pres
ent homes In south Russia to the
United States, have been admitted To
this country on giving bond In $500
each to assure our Government they
will not become public charges.
Anybody who knows the Mennon.
ties will smile when he hears Of this.
The Mennonites are about the last
persons in the world liable to be-
como Nupilc chsrsc. They are ia
The New York herald., 1921-10-18
Fatts About Anthrax.
The DAger Frsm shaving Brushes
Declared to Be Almost Negligible.

To THE NEW YonK HERALD: Anthrax
occurs primarily in animals and IL occa-
sionaiiy transmitted to man. In the
latter instance 1t is almost always
traceable to direct injection. A careful
Investigator OF given number Of cases
In man viii show tl) that probably one
third Of the number affected are butch
ers who open the carcasses OF animals
suffering from aphrax .te) large per-
centage wili be Found among those who
are brought in close contact with in
fected animals. FOR instance. shepherds,
hostlers. Veterinarians. farmers: (s)
those who work in tanneries and brush
factories. furriers. wool sorters, &C. who
are brought In contact with The hides OF
infected animals. y--a~
Occasionally II Is reported that an
thrnx has been transmitted through, the
medium OF furs prepared for wearing
apparel, by shaving brushes. &c. There
Is no doubt that an exhaustive investi-
CATION and q careful psychological ex-
animation would prove negative in a
number OF these cases Superficial In
vestigations have frequently unneces-
sarily disturbed The public and have
obscured the real source OF infection. In
connection, with outbreaks or commune
cable diseases.
Reliable evidence has been presented
that the organism OF anthrax has been
Isolated on the bristles used in the
manufacture OF brushes; however, this
should not cause undue alarm. as au-
thentic cases of this Kind are very rare
and the public danger arising from this
special Infection would seem almost neg
iigible when we consider that 8 very
large percentage OF population Of over
100, 100000 persons are daily using
shaving brushes.
II Is proper that every Reasonable
means should be taken to prevent the
Transmission Of anthrax. In connection
with this should reliance be placed upon
the efforts Of cooperation Of the public
or upon definite official action? II
left to the former It would result in
failure. for experience proves that the
public assumes practically no respon-
sibiiity and extends but little aid in this
direction except possibly during the
moment Of a scare.
To advise thc public to disinfect new
shaving brushes and to warn against the
purchase OF brushes not properly labelled
would be Of little avail. The organism
OF anthrax is a spore bearing one and
Is exceedingly resistant TO heat and
other disinfectants therefore ordinary
disinfection would be practically worth
less, and to recommend n process OF dis
infection which might be depended upor
would receive but little or no response
particularly among those who purchase
cheap brushes. which are probably the
ones most likely to be contaminated
Besides. 1t Is pertinent to ask why the
sale OF brushes which may be regarded
with suspicion should be allowed under
any circumstances.
II preventive measures srs left In the
hands OF State and municipal health
The New York herald., 1921-10-18
Return of the Cattle Rustler.

The president Of the Kansas Stats
Live Stock Association, GEORGE T
DONALDSON, upon whose herds II
southern Kansas pastures cattle rus
tiers had levied heavily, said after ar
unsuccessful hunt OF the thieves that
the cattle industry Cannot bear the
pressure OF economic conditions, pf1s
SIS a quart for bootleg whiskey, $1.O0>
night crap games at SIS daJ
hotels, without something happen
Ing" From this he would have III
infer chat high life has struck the
prairies and that cowboys trying Il
keep up the pace have turned to cat
tie rustling.
That this old time menace to the
stockman. which everybody believed
passed years ago, has been revived IL
shown by the tribute laid on biz
ranches in many parts OF the West
In the days of the open ranges and
the long Texas trails cattle rustlins
was an avocation which the outlaw
cowboy followed from pure reckless
ness or natural cussedness.
1t had more perils and dangers
than rewards. The rustler, If caught
hung from the bough of cotton
wood tree; if he escaped the posse ol
cattlemen he usually carried piece
of lead as a reminder Of the adven
ture. His chief touch of high life
was round Of the saloons In Salina
or Dodge and shot or two at the
street signs, the glass behind thu
bars or at the town marshal.
To-day the cattle rustler is or
ganixed; his men with their old time
skill easily gather in the stockman's
tame. fat herds, and he as a gentle
man farmer quickly disposes Of them
in distant market. The money hs
gets goes, Mr.. DONALDSON says, as
easily as it comes. This illega.
traffic costs the cattle raiser heavily
and he is trying to stop it. But
even in this the spirit Of the ole
times has passed.
II am inclined to throw the man
tie Of charity around the poor fugi
tive who was the principal in steal
ing my CATTLE" said Mr.. DONALDSON
The old cattleman had no charity
for that sort OF an ornery cuss, and
IL he threw him anything it was 6
rope to hang himself with and not
a mantle.
For the organizer OF modern cattle
raids, however, nobody can have any
sympathy. He SITS back in safety
and comfort while the adventurou.
or necessitous men who have taker
service under him do his bidding
for pittance, fatten his bank ac
count at the risk of their necks, ant
leave him to laugh at them IL they
are caught at their work. Their,
is nothing picturesque about thi,
rascal.
The New York herald., 1921-10-18
TUESDAY, OCTOBER IS. 1921.
|eep the Railroads Running.

enator CuMMrNs, who probably
ws more than any other man in
Government about the railroads,
law behind the railroads and the
peratively necessary functions OF
railroads in our national organi-
lion, says that the trains must be
BIT moving. This is the stand for
ponsible legislative authority to
Be. 1t is the stand for the whole
Iited States Government and the
nerican people back of it to take.
The railroads of the United States
the country's highways. Upon
general operation and unob-
ructed traffic of the roads depend
e work, the food, the very exist
ce Of the American public. To put
e railroads out OF business in such
circumstances would be a national
enace as destructive in peace as 1t
|ould have been fatal in war.
When the nation was menaced by
enemy from without, the United
tates kept the railroads running.
fhere was no limit to which the
Government would not have gone to
Eeep them running as a matter OF
lational life or death. When there
4 this national menace from within,
he railroads must be kept running
Is they were kept running when
here was that national menace from
without.
The railway executives declare that.
I the unions are mad enough to carry
,ut their threat of tying up the coun-
.ry's transportation they still will be
abfe to operate their trains. But II
the managers cannot get the men
they need, or for any reason fail to
keep the roads running, then 1t Will
be up to the Government to see that
they are kept running.
For the United States Government
not to keep the railroads running in
such a colossal public emergency
would be for it to abdicate the rights
and needs of the vast majority to a
small minority attempting to consti-
tute itself an arrogant tyranny.
The New York herald., 1921-10-18
Another Kentucky Record Broken.

From tho Hodoenv,fe Herald Ne,cs.
An unusual record for squirrel shooting
has been made by Will Chiidress last week.
whils out on the camping trip with
Msrshsif o'frlen last week on Muidraushs
HiiI Mr. Chldress used shotgun killing
squirrels. He fired fifteen shots and killed
fifteen squirrels. but one shot he missed
entirely and one shot two squirrels we're
killed. The two tvere very close together
and the shotgun brought down both with
one shot. trns Sversfins 4 squirrel each
shot In the fifteen shots.
The New York herald., 1921-10-18
Outdoors and the Horse.

The interest manifested every
where throughout the East this fall
in the hunt meets, outdoor horse
shows and amateur race meets is
cheering to those who believe that
life in the open air has its own spe.
cial compensations.
These gatherings are genera III
The New York herald., 1921-10-18
ENGLISH PIANIST PLAYS.

Miss katherine Bacon. an English
pianist, who was heard here favorably
last season, gave the nrst or two recitals
last evening In Aeolian Hall. In con-
ventlonai programme, VITA Brahms's
variations and fugue on a theme by
Handel as the principal number, she
interested her auditors by a good UNDER
standing OF piano playing. albeit her
performance was without the more
striking effects OF color and style. She
gave the difficult Brahms music with
delightful ease ahd clarity, bat without
great warmth of tone and power.
The New York herald., 1921-10-18
MISS LovELL,s RECITAL.

Miss Marion Lowell. soprano, gave a
song recital In Aeolian Hall yesterday
afternoon. "Let Me Wander Not TN
seem" from Handlers "LAliegro." q
specimen of Lucia" with fiute). the
Shadow Song from "Dinorah'' (more
tIute) and the charming bird from "Le
Perle du Bresir' (again flute) were fea-
tnres Of her entertainment. The singer
displayed a pretty voice and a strong
The New York herald., 1921-10-18
ATwo State Sunflower.
Grown on New York. Connecticut
Line, 1t Was 1S1a Inches Across.

TO TIE NEW York HERALD: have
q sunflower OF the mammoth Russian
variety which measures 17A inches
across the seed disk minus the petals
The outside measurement of the solid
part. including petals, was 1914 inches.
This plant was grown on or nearly on
the line between New York and connecti-
cut. MY farm is in Dover, New York,
ad; dining Kent. Connecticut. 1 presume
the two States combined helped TO de-
veiop the size. CHAs. w. BoLr.
KENT, Conn. October IL.