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New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
LIKE SWORD, LIKE BATTLESHII
BY FAIRFAX DOWNEY

racks. 1t is adorned with plain uullons or
cross-guards and is pos dane, that is, unpro-
tected by rings or counter guards. It's double
edges are keen and it's point is sharp Down
the sides of the blade are blood grooves, and
doubtless their purpose was served we'll once
upon time, for only stout arn1or might with
stand the swashing blow Of such type Of
sword. 1t was with that weapon that Claude
d'Aguerre, Baron of Vienne le Chastel met
Jacques de Fontaine, Lord of Fendilles, in the
lists at Sedan.
An insult had been passed. Involving lady
fair as it did, it called for blood, according to
the code of the Baron le Chastel, who dis
patched challenge to the Lord of Fendilles
The latter promptly sent his acceptances. A
grandstand full of danes and demoiselles was
present to observe the call being made and to
gossip probably good deal more fiagrantly
than the Lord of Fendilles had
The day of the big trial by combat having
dawned bright and clear, herald stepped forth
and thrice proclaimed: "Laissez les aller."
Which is to say. "Let's got" A second later
sword was clashing on armor and the lists had
acquired the tonal quality of boiler factory
in full blast. The first round went to
dAguerre when he drove Fendilles against the
barricade. The latter quickly rebounded from
the ropes, however, and, raising his blade, he
dealt the challenger terrific blow on the
thigh, causing the claret to flow. The blow
was fair, there being no such thing as "below
the belt" on belted knights.
Disconnected, d'Aguerre dropped his sword
and turned the bout into wrestling match,
which was entirely allowable, if less spectacu-
lar. Knights in those days were taught every
thing in the wrestling line except the toe-hold,
which was not employed owing to the inacces-
sibilty of toes. A deadlock and cross buttock
stretched Fendies on the mat with his oppo-
nent on top. This seemed to d'Aguerre the
opportune moment for the use of dagger.
but although he drew that weapon he fumbled
it before being able to test it out as can
opener; in fact, the challenger now began to
give every evidence of being groggy and wish
ing gong would not be such an anachronisn
1t was diversion that saved him. At that
stage OF the trial the jury of ladies fair in
the grandstand BAD begun to get rather too
excited. 1t is to be feared that friends of the
conabatants were either jumping up and down
with delight or stamping their feet in intense
chagrin, according to their ideas of what the
winning colors should be- 1t was too much for
the grandstand. There was loud creak a
crash and collapse amid the shrillest Of fem
'nine shrleks from the heap Of danes and de-
molselles 1t was an incident which will give
men Gwho took girls to the football PANE,
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04

think that it
would not make
much difference
whether the wife
and / have pre-
pared for you or
not, but that is
not true. / have
read several ta-
bles of statistics
lately, showing
that we are pay
ing less and less,
and one Of them
just about prov
ed that we were
getting things
for nothing, but
/ notice that it
eats up about all
my income as
formerly. If you
think food has
gone down so
much. you just
take a S. bill and
go out and get
enough groceries
to run over Sun
day and you will
come back a
changed man.
And it is the
~ ~ L l.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04

prevent any comeback and a cut across the
face by which to remember the occasion.
Which probably was ore Of the earliest dis.
armament agreements on record.
Now the auctioneer is crying the praises Of
an assortment of daggers, weapon Of CON-
bat before it became the tool of the assassin.
And here are gauntlets, too, defense often
used against the dagger, it being practice Of
the dexterous to seize the descending blade
AT one time armorers were wont to make dag
gers with saw teeth near the Iilt, which rather
discouraged the attacked persons. who had
been grasping them SO successfully The max
ers OF gauntlets were not to be outdonc. They
replied with new model gauntlet which had
mailed palm, and grssping was again in order
linen It was the dagger makers move II y&s
the same old game Of the none-pierceabc arr
or plate and the irresistible projectile, The gas
which no mask could stop and the mask which
protected against any gas. First one, then
tother. War always has been the same cd
checker game. The only difference nowadays
Is that more OF the rank and file are made
victims while the scientists are thinking up
the next move.
The bidding is now for court swords and
colichemardes. On the blade of one of the
1ormer Is Inscribed Ne me tires Pcs Suns Re-
son, ne nc PenSctteS Point sans Honnea
tOfaw ne not without reason, sheath me net
without honor). Perhaps the motto was lived
up to if this is not one of the blades with
which duel was fought over an Angora cat
Here are othe~ weapons of a duel: rouelle
,ych cfa
soldiers once fixed point downward in the
helmet in order that they might fight to The
death, pecking at each other like two irate
blrds. And here are such light, graceful blades
as Lord Byron and Richard Brinsley Sheridan
used IN duels on occasions when they were OF
the opinion that the sword was raghtier than !
the pen.
This falchion has characteristics Of the
saber and all the broadsword famly-the clay
more, with which Rob Roy MacGregor won
tame; the cutlass, gripped in the teeth Of rI-
rates IN shipping boards-or, rather, boarding
ships--and the saber which flashed in tie
charge of the Light Brigade. But the saber, as
was mentioned, is to-day largely weapon O.
SHOW, although it has some serious uses, if one
reflects thus on such modern employment as
the military wedding.
And with the swords the auctionecr summons
to the selling many other products of the
armorer's skill and artistry Long tasselSe
halberds, kidney daggers, with their unpieas
ant suggestion of destination; breastpates
Fartisans, "tin hats" ong, sharp spurs, suea
as may have been worn by knightly second
i'eutenants to dance in or keep their feet oa
their desks; burganets. archers gorgeis o.
ARROW collars, SO to speak, axes and coats q
mali, which might now be issued as part o.
marines equipment. 1t is a brave parade
Down in limbo the knights who welded taese
weapons may be twitting the newly arriving
battleships
When cur swords went cut Of date. tney
may be roaring, "they may have been msus
over into pruning hooks, but when you BATHS
ships are scrapped they sell ycu to Henry
be made into Fords."
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
WV T ILL it prove discouraging to those
W. comforting down in Washington to
discover that while they have been

discover that while they have been
scrapping battleships for all they
are worth people up here in New York have
heen enthusiastically buying swords? Perhaps
it will, but here goes for the whole story. 1t
doesn't seem quite fair--or profitable, either,
now that one thinks of ito go into commit
tee and issue brief and guarded communicates
about the affair.
To admit the worst at the very outset, the
gentlemen purchasing the swords did not
cvince the slightest disposition to beat them
into plowshares 1t was their firm intention,
so all the evidence pointed, to take the swords
right home with them and hang them with all
due pomp and panoply on the walls Of their
respective manses, trophy rooms and armorial
salons.
The auction Of arms and arnlor, for such it
was, seemed to be quite successful, for cost
Of armament, while often almost fatal to tax
payers, is not much more than annoying to sur
taxpayers. The bidding was rather spirited on
most rubbers, and once piece had caught the
fancy Of bidder he did not pass for several
times round, although now and then gentlemen
who had overbid were taken out by their wives.
"Some day. spectator remarked as
here bidding for sections of antique armor-
plated battleships.'
And to Mr.. Hughes, at least, his specula-
tion would not seem fantastic "When Knight
Hn~ s. r~~VA3 ct
by "When Battleships Were in Ocean," There
is chance that the battleship may have its
day at auction; that some day we may bid on
the recoil cylinders Of one Of the forward tur-
ret guns of the Maryland. But perhaps it is
trihe early for that yet; hence at the auction
the other day the sword remained the victor
upon field Of plush.
To the accompaniment 81 an occasional
martial clank the auctioneer sang of arms and
the man and conjured up procession OF true
and trusty blades, one giving way to another
There was the great two-handed sword, the
king Of them all, the doughty bastard, the
graceful rapier, the heavy estoc, the falchiou
.-ha dainty court sword and the dagger
rsades Of many types, yet only few of the
great cycle Of cold steel which has been since
arst man forged and fashioned. The catalogue
speaks briefly Of the valiant careers Of some;
Tor others, present and absent, let us venture
aaair histories, st. Eloi, patron saint Of armor-
crs, wiling
The auctioneer. who really had the stage all
the time, comes to the fore with talk Of figures
and centuries. His introductions are sparse.
The speeches OF the swords, which may have
been audible to the imaginative, are drowned
BY staccato volley Of ascending sums.
( Naw cleaning bastard sword rests on the
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
TO LLOYD GEORGE, PERSONAL

have let the
occasion slip as
Mr.. Hughes did
and he would
not have cut,
his speech down
to a fragmentary
fifteen minutes,
either. It would
have taken him
at least that long
to get through
his Introduction,
and then he
w Q u ! d . have
moved his right
foot forward and
t h Q delegates
would have heard
something worth
while. Before he
would have got
half way through
he would have
had half the au-
dience W ipin g
their eyes and
swallowing hard,
and when he was
three-fourths of
the way through
he would have
had some of
those who had
New-York tribune., 1921-03-26

aenled 2 citizenship on the ground that
army in 1916 after his first papers he had 4
been fled. Ne P"poio hAo
New-York tribune., 1921-03-26
Girl, Arrested by
Policewoman, Calls
Conviction Illegal
Taken From Rooming House
as Vagrant Without War
rant and Sentenced, She
Charges; Seeks Release

Ida Goldstein will be taken before
Judge David F. Manning in the Su-
preme Court, Brooklyn, this morning
en- writ of habeas corpus. She is
serving six months sentence on
Blackwell's Island on a charge of
vagrancy.
Edward ]. White, her attorney. will
contend that she was illegally arrested
and convicted and that her constitu-
tlonal rights have been invaded.
Miss Goldstein and Loretta Edlich
were arrested on February 6 in a
turnishedroom house in Brooklyn. BY
policewoman, Mrs. Mary Sullivan,
and arraigned in the Women's Court
on charge of yagrancy. Mr.. White s
contention is that the policewoman
had no warrant, and that she did not
see nor say that she had seen any
overt act which would bring the girls
under the displeasure of the law,
IF this sort of thing were permitted
any woman living alone in a furnished
room house could be arrested and
railroaded to BlackweIPs Island" said
Mr.. White yesterday, II don't see what
protection any woman has against such
law. True, this girl pleaded guilty,
but she did SO under the advice of the
policewoman, who told her she would
be better off so. contend that even
the plea of guilty does not alter the
tact that she was arrested without
cause"
The testimony of the policewoman
IN the Women's Court revealed that
she had first taken the girls to a DO
lice station and that the lieutenant
New-York tribune., 1921-03-26
Muscle Shoals for Sale
Adequate Bid for Project Vel
come, Says Weeks

From The Tribumc's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 25.-Secre.
tary of War Weeks to-day indicated
that the Federal government would
welcome any proposal from private in.
terests to take off the governments
hands the water power project at
Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
IF the people who contend that
Muscle Shoals will be industriallv nc
tive will make proposition to the
government to take over the plant at q
figure that will give reasonable re-
turn to the government for the money
invested there I will recommend to
Congress that an appropriation Of $780,
100000 be authorized to complete the
job" Secretary Weeks said.
The Federal government already has
spent s16,000,OOo on the Muscle Shoals
project, and Secretary weeks is averse
to continuing the work on the dam
until he is assured that it will develop
into concern of value to the nation.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-26
Shoe Men Reply to Suit
Of Mrs. Hanan TAYLOR

Herbert W. Hanan and Addison G.
Hanan, surviving members Of the firm
of Hanan e. Son, snoe manufacturers
filed their answer yesterday in the
Supreme Court to the sulr brought bv
Mrs. Ethel Hanan Taylor, widow Of
Alfred P. Hanan. for an accounting of
the profits Of the company.
Mrs Taylor, who has remarked
since the death of Mr. Hanan, is now
the wife of young man who was in
the A. E. F. He is in the import bust
ness In France. Mr.. Hanan divided his
estate among his widow. SON and
daughter, each to receive one-third
Mrs. Taylor complained that the ex-
ecutors had failed to turn over the
share of the estate due her and her
share from the shoe business. 1,he
answer of the defendants is there
was due the estate of Mr.. Hanansonlv
$4,000 In stock of the concern. give n
him by his father, and 10 per cent Of
the undivided profits of the concern.
The defendants also submitted a
copy of an agreement providing that
IN the case of death or retirement of
any partner admitted to the firm af-
ter 1882, such partner, or his estate.
should have no interest in the good
Will or other assets of the firm.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-26
Rosenbluth Seeks
Freedom on Bail
And Friends Help
captain, Accused of Part i'm
Cronkhite Staying, Says
He Can Go to Seattle and
Prove Himself Innocent

Captain Robert Rosenbluth, formerl,
OF Company D, 213th Engineers. who Is
neid on the charge of being concerned
IN the murder Of Major. Alexander P
cronkhite at Camp Lewis, Washington
on October 25, 1918, spent several hours
Yesterday afternoon with his counsel
Jonah j. Goldstein, in conference with
Assistant United States District Attor-
ney John e. Joyce in the Federal Court
house.
Captain Rosenbluth, who insists that
ne had nothing to do with the tragic
death of Major Cronkhite, submitted
himself for Interrogation by Mr.. joyce
IN the hope of being admitted to bail.
An application for bail probably will
be made when the prisoner is rear
ralgned before United States Commits
sioner Samuel M. Hitchcock in removal
proceedings. In the event of the mo-
tion being denied Mr.. Goldstein proba-
ply will ask one of the Federal Judges
to accept the bonds of those who have
offered surety for the accused officer
Among those who have communicated
with Mr.. Goldstein and Assistant Dis
trlct Attorney Joyce in Captain Rosen-
bluth's behalf is Colonel Herbert Leh-
man. OF Lehman Brothers, bankers.
Colonel Lehman is a friend of Rosen-
bluth' 8 and is firm in mis- belief that q
mistake has been made.
Others who have come forward in
Rosenbluth's behalf are Felix Warburp
OF Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; William H. Allen.
OF the Institute of Public Service; Pro-
fessor E. Stagg Within, of Columbia
University; Louis Strauss. former Sec
retary to Herbert Hoover, and Walter
Frank, Of the law firm of Kurzman g.
Frank.
After long talk with Prosecutor
joyce Captain Rosenbluth had an in
tervlew with his sister. He was then
{, taken back to the Tombs by agents Of
the department of Justice.
TX the government consents to his re-
ease on bail, Captain Rosenbluth saws
ne willingly will proceed to Seattle at
MS own expense and there explain and
siear away the suspicious on which the
ohclas have predicated the murder
Mr.. Goldsten said his client had
salked freely and that he had noth;no
70 conceal. Rosenbluth viii be interro. |
gated further this morning by Assistant
united States District Attorney Jovce-
New-York tribune., 1921-03-26
Illinois Man Is Slated
For Indian Commissioners

IRON I'he Trtbune's Washington Bu-exx
WASHINGTON, March 25. AL
though the White House has not vet
made an announcement of the selec-
ton OF Commissioner of Indian A.
1a.l,rs, 1t is said such an announcements
WIS WI pc made soon, and that ]. George
Usage properties in Oklahoma. will he he
chosen. Secretary of the Interior Fall
ls favorable to Wright and the friends .
OF the latter look for his appointment
DR.. Hubert Work, of Colorado. for
mer Republican National Committee
man OF that state, will be made First
Assistant Postmaster General Th;s
came out unoficially to-day. Friends
OF DR.. Work said he had accepted. Dr.
Work is president of the American
Medical Association and took prom
nent part in the campaign of last year
being connected with the CHICAGO
headquarters.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-26
Case OF Erroin BergdoH
Up for Rehearing To-do,

KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 25.-Re-
nearing of the case of Erwin Bergdoll
prother OF Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
has been set for tomorrow morning in
the Federal District Court in Kansas
City, Kan.
Bergdoll is under sentence of five
years confinement in the United States
disciplinary barracks at Fort Leayen-
worth, following his conviction by a
court martial on charge of evadinc
the draft. Habeas corpus proceedings
seeking his release were instituted in
the Federal District Court January 16
on the ground that Bergdoll had not
received a draft notice.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-26
Draft Dodger Loses
On Resort to Bible
Special Dispatch to rhe Tribune

BUFFALO, N. Y, March %
Thomas Archer Thompson, con-
fessed draft dodger, who was
caught recently while returning
from his refuge in Venezuela,
quoted the Bible to-day to United
States Commissioner Heating in
justification of his fight.
II felt / had right to leave
Jesus said: My kingdom is not
of this world and / am a fol-
lower Of Jesus"
"Oh, WE'LL" replied the COM
missioner, discarding his law
books, "the Bible also says Rem
der under Caesar the things that
are C@sar's' and there's a passage
of instruction about obeying your
earthly ruler. Do you remem-
ber?"
The prisoner did, and was held
for the grand jury.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-26
Cln Seller Should Die, Too,
Says Condemned Negro SLAYER
Darroom FIRST Step on Road That Leads Him 10 Mur.
.erer urave, He Laments in Sermon That Ad.
jures ALI Boys to Heed the Advice of Na.La.. sau.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., March 2s,
Seorgc Washington knight. tho ne.
gro who killed Mrs. Edith Wilson. or
ganist of church at Perth Ambov.
and who is under sentence of death.
wrote q short sermon in Jail TO-DAY
just before his departure for the death
house at Trentonv-an illitarate sermon
OF three paragraphs, filled with good
aovice to wayward youths.
Since his arrest Knight has insisted
that he could not remember attacking
Mrs. Wilson, and in this staten ent.
written without the faintest hope Of a
reprieve, he reiterates the assertion.
Physicians who testified as to the ma
ture of the "gin' sold to knight de-
clared 1t to be Liquid dynamite"
"If l did what they say did / ought
to be in the electric chair" says knight
In his brief homily on "the wages of
sim Here is the negro's statement.
exactly as he wrote it:
This is rote by George Washington
New-York tribune., 1921-03-26

Knight in the county ,ail ut Nav
nrunswIck. The heart Of nv l;fe !,
gone. Boys, if you muther te,la Ilc vo' ~
Tor your good, and you don't take hsoe sot
70 her, you will wish YOU had Nv
u 1 had took heed to nv mother
wouldn't be here to-day. But bby'rea, by roam!
u ing and fullishnes / hav thrown '1,,,, NV
NE away: ! was first in the harron,s
next in the Jail Now am po;ns ',, ~
cold grave. " ~ cold
But prade to the Lord To tal. ~.
when die and feel he will take ~ ,e .
ss los shep Of the fock. Cod ha ,as .
Eeard my prayr, and brot mo back to
wnar l wuns war. This is advis foy
al boys and mon. You can't see vor
ara doing. rong til it is tu lat. Then
you will have to take wat is com;nn
TO you. Don't tell any lies for waf
you do. God will punice you. '
Il know my life is gone. can't re-
member killing this woman, but If 7
dld wat they say OF to be in the lee
trlc chair, The man that CAV ma the
gin OF to be thar to. | bot ticker thar
~ or 80 times. and tha war sellinr- It
20 colored men all the time. havcH,t
told my muther vet"
New-York tribune., 1921-03-26
Japan's Wireless Extended

TOXIC, March 25.-1t is officially an
nounced that wireless communication
between Japan and America will be ex-
tended tomorrow to the whole of the
United States with the inauguration of
the high-power sending station at
Hara- N o. Machi, near Sendai.
outgoing press messages will be &C.
cepted at Sd sen (undcr normal ex-
change values about 27 cents to San
Francisco and 60 sen to New York and
Washington.
The wireless rate will represent a
reduction of 16 sen Cor about eight
cents) on messages sent to New York
over the cables at press rates.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-26
General Allen Acts
10 Free Bergdoll's
Captured Pursuers
Rhine Commander Seeks Re-
lease of Soldiers i'm Ger
many, While England Joins
in Effort to Get Stacker
F.. From The 7'rio4ne's Washington Bureau

= 'o" me 1'ioHne's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 25.-Defnite
steps toward the release or nardon o1
rrivates Neuf and thinner, of the
american army, involved in the attemn,
70 capture Grover c. Bergdoll in Ger.
many, already have been taken h,
MAJOR General Henry r. Allen. com
mm,andlng. the American forces on the
na,,ne, mm,ne, secretary of War Weeks an.
AT the same time it became known
anat tne BRITISH government has begun
~n 'nGuiry INTO Bergdoll's fraudulent
to Germany, with a view to demand;po dIpc
rom Germany that the Philadelnh;s ;s
Stacker be turned over to the American
authorities. 'N' N''''ei'cah II
Secretary Weeks had before him TO-
oay from General Allen a brief re,or+
on MS steps thus far toward procurino
the Ere release of Neuf and Zimmer.
EVloently General Allen has made
some overtures about the release os
"m o1e Two men, Secretary Weeks said
Henerai Allen is authorized to obtain
;neir pardon 1t he can. Ny judgment
IS that Germany has no object in hold
ing them. They are being we'll cared
Ior and we'll treated. I have had th;s
'horoughly nvestigated"
secretary Weeks said that while Gen
eral Aliens efforts have been confined
"n0liy to the case of the two members
OF OF his command, the War Department
nad not abandoned hopes of finally
getting hold of Bergdoll,
-, gu GU can say for me-" he said. chat
the tn War Department is going to o. oct
bergdoll if it is at all possible" " -"
asked IL there was any statute Of
limitations in Bergdoll's case. Secre-
ta:r'y Weeks emphatically replied: ave
=, Cooperation of the British govern
men ment IN accomplishing the return to
this country of Bergdoll is understood I'd
to have been sought first some time
ago, ago. and is now being pressed vigor-
oCusly by the Harding Administrator
Complete details of Bergdolps escane c;t.
INTO Canada and his acquisition there
81 pa; Canadian passport, using a ficti-
I,ous name, are now before the British
foTeign Office. Definite steps toward
a demand on the German government
LOT acton against Bergdoll may be
mOmenta rilv
New-York tribune., 1921-03-26

had refused to hold them, az there !;
was no evidence against them. :.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-26
Self Governed Employees of
Harvester Co. Accept Paw Cu,

AUBURN, n. Y, March 25.-Afte,
hearing the reasons for the reduction
of wages in the International Harvests,
Company plant explained by the of.
Gals, the works council, having con.
ierred with the two thousand en-.
ployees, accepted the cut in a spirit Of
complete harmony. The works coun.
cll IS the supreme body governing the
operation of the plant. under syston,
OF government among the employ.
ees. The wage reductions will ranc.
from 10 to 20 per cent.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-26
Spain to Promote Education

MADRID, March 25.-The govern
ment has decided to promote eiemen-
tary education throughout the country
in an effort to reduce the number sefS
illiterstes, of whom there are millions.
In this connection it is proposed to in
crease the minimum wages of teachers
to 1000 pesetas annually. The yearly
pay of teachers in many districts hftf's
erto has been less than ] 900 pesetas-