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The New York herald., 1921-06-16
"The New York Herald"
A Reader for Thirty Year. Gives
His Opinion Of This Newspaper.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Tnn MA
York HERALD has been q source OF sre.as
satisfaction TO me for over thirty years
but never so much so as to-day.
II is treating more intellgently and
fearlessly than ever the great questions
Of the hour IN a most Commcndable.
whole souled way human confederation
seems to be its ideal. yet Il Il positive
in condemnation OF wrong and upholdiag
OF the right
Tho absence OF catering 20 person.
NEW YORK HERALD.
Particularly interesting - the fact thar
II Is an American newspaper, first. last.
and all the tine-thank God tor that
This covers IA great many strong poin's
demanding particular consideration
There are individuals elements End
conditions existing In the United states
to-day which should be merciicssiy con-
denned AMI eliminstcd--they threaten
the very foundations Of our beloved
country--this is no place for such In
fluences.
II every real American citizen wouio
tear out from his personal makeup
selfishness. jealousy. profteering ard az
grandizement. 90 unto others as he
would have them do TO him. love. houor
and worship God with hts whole being.
and love his neighbor as himself. auto
matically very many OF the vitality OBJ
jectionable conditions of ~ day would
die a natural death and we would rise
to splendid state OF success and pros
perlty In everything.
This refers to everybody-each per-
son should examine himself and start
personal reform--the wonderful result
will naturally follow.
confidently feel that all of your read
ers earnestly desire that you shall con-
tinue your good work.
WILLIAM NELSON SEARLrs.
NEWARK, June Is.
The New York herald., 1921-06-16
White Sulnhur Springs.

special Despatch % THE Nrw fozk HERALD.
WHITE ~uIPHtp sPRrNos. w. Va.
June l5.--Airs. Harold A. Howard has
returned from Chicago 70 occupy a cot
tage on Florida row.
Capt. and Mrs. Julius |. Peyser
mosored 10 Organ Cave yesterday be-
fore returning 20 Washington
Lieut.. and Mrs Frank camm arrive1
this morninr from Camp Knox, va
and played the long course.
Among these playing solf to-day were
Ezra Could of Washington, Joseph l.
smith OF Newark. IL L. Johnson oil
Indianapolis, Col James \. Blair, Jr.
Miss Marjorie Cowan OF Louisville anc
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Reis OF Cincinnau
r. " Gardner and his mother. Mrs
Charles r. Gardner of Washington, iei'
last night By motor for Hot Springs
Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. walker motored
along the Covingson turnpike to-day.
c. A. Alllng OF Chicago arrived to-day
10 Join Mrs. AllinE
c. ]. Ormondc OF Greenwich. Conn
was amorr those iunching on the
Casino veranda to-day.
The New York herald., 1921-06-16
A Deserted Garden.

Weeds scamper riotous across each bed
Where once myriad blossoms held
their sway:
But like frail, broken bits OF yester-
day,
Stray blooms lift here and there n
lonely head.
And with faint reminiscent fragrance
shed
A wistful charm DER this forsaken
place,
That held so much OF loveliness and
grace
Fer It with death and grief was ten
anted.
Let Presences steal through here as o.
old.
When dusk drifts through the rusty
broken gate.
And with their wordless. ghostly slghs
unfold
Vows to memorial pledges dedicate.
Even as still surge through an empty
shell
The echoes Of the far seas haunting
spell.
CHARLOTTE BECKER.
The New York herald., 1921-06-16
Bishop Tuttle Retraces His Steps.

Bishop DANIEL S. TUTTLE rode into
Denver on June 10 in a pioneer stage
coach just as he did fifty-four years
ago to the day. The glittering new
Wells Fargo coach was then heavily
guarded against Indian attack and
under an escort of cavalry detailed
by General SHERMAN, and Bishop TUT
TIE was scarcely thirty years of age.
As missionary Bishop to Utah, Mon
tana and Idaho he was the youngest
Bishop OF his church. To-day he Is
81, the Oldest Protestant Episcopal
Bishop in America, and for eighteen
years he has been the Presiding
Bishop Of the Episcopal Church.
Bishop TuTrLE was a New York
state boy; he was graduated from Co
lumbia in 1857. the General Theologi-
cal Seminary five years later and he
was consecrated Bishop in 1857 40
old Trinity Then he went West.
The route which he took 20 reach the
seat Of his Rocky Mountain diocese
he was retracing cl the occasion OF
his visit to Denver.
He stopped first at Omaha. When
he was there fifty-four years ago the
little country hotel was so crowded
that he unslung his rife and slept be.
The New York herald., 1921-06-16
Catch Varotta's Kidnappers.

The abduction of GIUsEPPI VABoTTA
the five-year-old son of SALVATORE
VARorTA, which occurred nearly -four
weeks ago, ended in the death OF the
boy, whose body, found Saturday in
the Hudson River at Piermont, was
identified Sunday by his father. The
child came to it's death by drowning
That he was murdered is assumed
Ivy some; that he died while attempt
ing to escape his captors is assumed
by others.
Whatever the fact, the Varotta case
is said by the police to have been the
first boy stealing in New York county
which has ended in death for the
victim. That the kidnappers were
responsible for his death Is a fact
self-evident to all.
THE New YORK HERALD hopes and
believes that the police recognize the
superlative Importance OF bringing ia
justice the perpetrators of this crime.
The child was stolen for ransom; this
in itself is an offence which should
stir every public official to the limit
of his power to bring its authors to
justice The child was done to death
in one way or another; this has a
sinister significance which cannot be
ignored by officers Of the law.
No sum of money Is too great to
be spent in bringing to the bar OF
justice the kidnappers Of GIUsEPPI VA
RoTrA. No exercise of police author
ity Is too drastic to be used in the
tracing and capture of his abductors.
No criminal case Of recent years has
more urgently called for discovery
and punishment of its authors, for the
vindication of law and the protection
of the public than the tragedy OF
GIUsEPPI VARoTTA.
The New York herald., 1921-06-16
Long Hitting Games Popular.

Baseball patrons who object to
games of long and many hits favor
games which are described as pitch
ers' duels," and naturally assume
that the majority of spectators agree
with their preference. They should
take counsel with those who count
the gate receipts. Never before, it is
reported, have these sure signs Of
popularity in all professional sports
been as large as they are this year
at the baseball parks, and there are
convincing signs that the tales Of
many and long hits make the most
potent attraction.
Unless a spectator is an obsessed
fanatic on the matter of pitching
excellence he generally prefers to see
plenty of action, with lively plays in
the field the infielders' dash and
pickup OF sizzling grounders; out.
fielders' long. hard runs, spectacular
catches and accurate throws follow
ing catch or stop; the pretty han
ding of these throws by basemen.
To see batsman after batsman re-
tired with no other action by the
defence except that by pitcher and
catcher is admittedly the sort Of thing
liked by those who like that sort Of
thing. The free hitting game with
variety of plays, chances for base
running and stealing and occasional
scoring is the game which runs up
gate receipts and converts the casual
to the regular patron.
The New York herald., 1921-06-16
THURSDAY. JUNE 16. 1921.
Do II With a Broadaxe, Mr..
President.

The report from Washington pub
lished in yesterdays papers that
President HARDING has been talking
strong talk to Government bureau
chiefs on the question Of reorganiza-
tion and economies is refreshing
news. The country would welcome a
good deal more of the same kind Of
STUFF and would like it better if it
were hotter, good deal hotter.
The President has been making a
good many speeches, more we should
say than it is possible for any man
to make and have much time for
broadaxe work. And 1t is broadaxe
work alone by the man at the head
Of the job that can eliminate the
waste, the idleness, the unnecessary
expenses that are looting the public
treasury.
The President Is entitled TO make
a reasonable percentage of mistakes.
There is no business man who cuts
any figure in the business world who
does not make mistakes. The United
States Government represents the
biggest business concern in the
world. The President is the Business
Manager. Hold him down to no
mistakes and he will make few sue
cesses.
At this particular juncture when
the country is crying bitterly for
economies the President can afford
to take long chances with the broad
axe. Nothing short of rough work
can chop out the waste and ineffi-
cheney.
The New York herald., 1921-06-16

Red Cross Health Executives, conference,
Hotel PeEnsylyania. beginning 10 A. M.
and stretorss ~iiI' sneak st y reet,nr ns
the Park Community Council, +. s. 81.
Eighty-sevcnth street. between Park and
Officers OF the Cuartermaster Corps, New
York General intermediate Depot. anniver-
sary dinner OF the founding OF the Quarter
commeneeneni % 'Vs. ssereisss ess1 Of the New York
Law School. West Twenty-third Street Y. NJ.
c; a. auditorium. s:iA r. NJ.
The Teachers Council OF the A. A. r. J. Y.
Informal reception to Miss Muriei Mac
swiney. Hotel Astor. s;io e. NJ.
Hunter COLLEGE, commencement exercises.
Sixty-eiFhth sireat. 1880 A. NJ.
Reception 10 Miss Teresa Il. Dernhoz, p. $.
?. West End avenue aud E!ghty-seconc
Band concert under direction Of Depart
ment Of Parks. Prospect Park, p. NJ
Fordham University. commencement exer-
Adelphi College. commencement. Acaderny
of Music. Lafayette avenue and Ashland
pns pInncS riHoSbsn is bsncr q, county M Juare Iou.
Gibbs; soman's Hotel. White Plains avenue
and Pelham Parkway. II. NJ.
Brooklyn Christian Endeavor Union. Inc.
annual Sociai. Hanson Place Baptist church
Hanson place and South Portland avenue.
childrcn's plant exhibit. sixty-ninth Reg
ment Armory, Lexington avenue and Twenty
sixth street, 10 A. NJ.
National Tuberculosis Association. conven
tion. Waldorf Astoria. all day.
National Lime Association, meetins. Botel
Commodore. beginning at 40 A. NJ.
National Industrial Conference Board.
meeting. Hotel Astor. $50 A. NJ.
Nisericordia Hospital. commencement,
Waldorf Astoria y. NJ.
jewellery Craft association. luncheon. Ho-
senior class Of Fordham University. dance.
aldorf-Astoria, Q p. NJ.
meeting. Waidorf-Astorfa. q p. NJ.
The New York herald., 1921-06-16
The World Cotton Conference,

Lord EMMoTr of Oldham opened
the second world cotton conference at
Liverpool by telling the six hundred
delegates from all parts Of the globe
that cotton remained the cheapest
textile In the world and would be
king again." While he was uttering
this remark the traders in the Ltv-
erpool and New York cotton ex-
changes were doing their best to
make cheerful market on the basis
Of 1919 cents pound for the staple,
a price which the conference heard
from an American delegate was two
and one-half cents below the figure
at which cotton could be produced II
labor was to receive living wage.
And yet Lord EMMoTT and other
speakers agreed there was really no
oversupply Of cotton and that the
superiority of America as the pr1n-
cipal producer was not threatened
by the movement to promote cotton
growing in other parts Of the world.
King Cotton is simply a witness to
the fact that there is no royal road
to deflation. Time, tide and econo-
mic laws are inexorable in their op-
erations. The cotton folk, like the
sugar, silk, wool, coffee, wheat, corn,
steel and other folk, rode up on the
crest of the wave Of imitation and
only few prepared against the time
when the wave would break and let
all down fat.
But here we are, and here is the
cotton conference as sure that the
world is going to pursue its wonted
course as ever we were sure of any
thing.
Lancashire and New England spin
ners do not buy Southern cotton
freely because the sale Of finished
goods is curtailed by the restriction
Of all kinds of business intercourse.
People go on living just the same,
though consuming as little as posi-
bic. and demand continues to accu-
mulate.
Colonel SHUTE expressed part OF
the truth in extending the welcome
of the Liverpool Cotton Association
to the delegates when he said that
millions of bales of American cotton
would again be required as in the
past, and they would not be bought
at a price taken out of the lives Of
the growers.
Steel, wool, silk, coffee and all the
other supplies will again be needed
as in the rast, and at prices that
will yield a normal living wage for
capital and labor. But the cotton
grower is not going to demand or to
receive price for his product that
when 1t goes on the back of the
steel worker will strip him Of his
wages. The steel worker is not go.
ing to be able to strip the cotton
grower, and so on.
Cotton can come back, and cotton
will come back, but cotton and all
it's satellites must return in rea.
sonable mood. Prosperity will then
do more than look furtively in
through the keyhole.
The New York herald., 1921-06-16
A Medal of Honor Man.
Sergeant HIPS Experiences Since
the War.

To THE New York HERALD AT pres
ent I arm not doing very much on ac-
count OF not being well. / have been
sick about two months, owing to lungs.
heart and nerves.
have been working on a farm as
a hired man, drawing from $45 TO $50
q month
first worked for q German, with
whom I did not get along very well.
When the Legion convention was held
at Cleveland 1 was invited and went.
They treated me fine. ! never had a
better time In my life.
worked for Mr.. Hickman until
March /. He treated me flno and Is
doing all he can to help me now. l
worked for the man whose place l am
now on until two months ago.
/ applied for compensation last Octo-
Der. The last ! heard was yesterday.
when notice came saying my claim
was not allowed because the evidence
was Insufficient to connect disability
with service
What more evidence do they need than
these facts
enlisted when IS and spent two
years in service, including year I'M
France with the Thirty-third Division.
We were at Verdun. Albert. St Mihiel,
The somme offensive. villers. Brettenaux.
alarchville, st. Hilaire and in the army
OF occupation. We were in the Meuse-
Argonne for twenty days. Here men
were carried out one after another from
being gassed. Our only water was a
spring where a big mustard gas shell
had exploded. The water when you
drank It burned all the way down.
I have been able TO keep on top with
the help of my folks and my wife's.
We have baby girl nearly two months
old.
would like to farm for myself. but
without good health and money II would
be pretty hard.
NV Captain. John Baker OF Chicago.
said. Sergeant. ! always considered
YOU one Of the most dependable. relia-
bic and competent sergeants that had.
have been through two years of high
school and would liked to have taken
some kind of training. but I guess ] am
out OF luck for a while. SO right now
my outlook for the future Is rather tazy.
am not discouraged. and IL I an,
needed again would be tN~rc.
And this-I hope CarrcntIcr whips
Dempsey. Sergeant RAJyN HILL.
Congressional Medal of Honor, Medaillc
Mlitaire. Croix dc Guerre With
Palm, Montenegro Silver Medal,
Victory Medal with Three Bars.
OREGON. ILL.,. June "a.
The New York herald., 1921-06-16
The Change in the Actor.

One of the choice theatrical sensa-
tions of the late season used to be
the public appearances Of the actors
clubs. On the payment Of the some
what advanced admission fee specta-
tors enjoyed the delicacies ordinarily
reserved for the members alone. The
esoteric rites Of the clubhouse were
for one evening revealed to the world
beyond the pale. The man in the
street saw the wheels go round,
learned the secrets of the hands that
manipulated Punch and Judy, and
felt that he knew how dreams were
made, even II the nature of the stun
eluded him. Such was the illumi-
mating effect of visit to the public
showing of the rites usually confined
TO the sacred grove Of the muses..
Such opportunities to penetrate the
mysteries are as frequent as they
ever were. The Sunday evenings of
early summer find the playhouses
dedicated to these performances.
There is attendance sufficient to at
test the degree of interest that still
exists in regard to them. But it evil
IDENTIFY comes from the members OF
the clubs. The outsiders are not as
numerous as they once were.
OF course these are lean days for
the purveyors of amusemehts. Even
the cheap cinema theatres have suf-
tered from the widespread dispos'-
tion to economize. Since the tickets
for these special shows are always
sold at double prices there may re-
side in the present tendency TO be
eparing in expenditure the explana'
tion of the altered aspect OF these
performances. But there seems an
other reason for the lack OF the
old interest in the exhibitions of the
actor outside his working hours.
Ever since the player began to ha-
rangue on the street corners about the
violated rights of labor and ended by
Sfliiiating himself with unionism he
has seemed less the unsubstantial
creature OF dreams, the playboy OF
life. the one person who in this work
aday world never grew up.
lie seems TO so many who were in
the past interested in observing him
from this angle not the same sort Of
a creature to-day. He is no longer
unlike other men. He has in order
TO enjoy the security Of organized
labor enlisted himself in its ranks
along with the hewers OF wood and
drawers of water in the world Of the
theatre. so much for the accolade OF
the artist. The car Of Thespis might
The New York herald., 1921-06-16
So ARE GRADUATED
FROM ALTMAN SCHOOL
Exercises Mark End of Most
Successful Year.

Graduation exercises Of the Altman
Continuation School. operated for the
benefit OF the younger employees OF b.
Altman Co. whose school work was
Interrupted by early entrance into bust
ness. were held In the reception rooms
Of the Altman store after the closing
hour Of business yesterday. Forty-six
girls and sixteen boys received their
diplomas from Col. Michael Friedsam.
president Of the company. who founded
the school In 1914
This year the school. which now oo-
cupies its own building at ia5 Madison
avenue, had the largest attendance IN
It's hiseory. with ihb registered pupiie
a lecture course WAS added. In which
such subjects az the growing and man
ufacturing OF cotton. rug weaving ard
commercial geography were varied with
discussions on general business ethics.
Joseph rrofe;a of the graduating class
made ehe address Of welcome and
Goidie handler the vsledictory. The
claas presented q play. which was fol-
lowed by dancing.
The New York herald., 1921-06-16
Mime. Curie Gets Degree.
Northwestern Makes Rsdium Dis
co,erer Doctor of Science.

CHICAGO. June IS.--Honorary degrees
were conferred on three Americans and
one European at the commencement ex-
eroises Of Northwestern University to-
day.
Nine Marie curie. codiscoycrcr OF ra-
dunn. received the degree OF doctor Of SCI
ence. as did also Irving Langmuir re-
search chemist. OF schenectady. y. Y.
DR.. Charles Horace Mayo of Rochester.
Mimi. was made a doctor OF laws and
the degree OF master OF laws was con-
ferred upon Glenn Frank OF New YORK
magazine editor.
The New York herald., 1921-06-16
The Balance Of Power in Nature.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: l note
q letter entitled "Cats In Gardens" which
says that birds may destroy the balance
OF nature by becoming too numerous
and by destroying useful scavenging in
sects. quote f. III. Forbush, Massachu-
sets state Ornithologist:
''If birds do we'll their part in holding
In check native insects. small mammale,
reptiles, batrachians and other forms of
life on which they feed they have full
filled their mission even II In doing this
they destroy some individuals OF some
species that are classed as useful. This
then Is the chief mission OF the birds in
organic nature: TO fill their peculiar
place in preserving the balance Of ma
ture's forces. place that cannot be
filled by any other class OF animals
When twenty-six species of birds feed
on tent caterpillars and thirty-eight spe-
cies on plant lice I cannot see wha {
birds have to do with the increase of
these pests. c. DDwAR SIMoNs Sd.
DoNoAN HILLS, June 10.
The New York herald., 1921-06-16


The Metropolitan Club gave a ree"p-
t.on ts-nixhs fof President Harding. who
became a member ~ the club sorss yea-
awo while he Was senator Mgs Haroina
shared honors with the chisf Ex~cltiv~
Only members aud their immediate fam
Hes were prsr~nt and tis rceepiion Wa
n the nature of a personai conpiineut
from ths clBs 70 ~ most Distinguished
mHmbcr.
.r Woodbury. nisir. president o. mo
club. and Rear Admiral Richard VAIN
wright. vice president acted a. host<
An c-ehasfra played for dancing. ali
supper was scrxed IN IA. main dining
room ire President ara Mrs Harding
srpp.nE ln . small room with several Of
ficiais c. Hs club ana their wives
Whiie csas nfiaily family perty. too
company usssmhied was except .oraliy
brilliant. s,r.o alnet Of tlie diplomats
and prominent rrn in Officiai Rnd rcsi-
dent society are menahcfs ~ the club
Mrs Harding we're gown or irri-
descent pn licttes. with a Rirdle ~
French blue velvet Ou having the club
she donnod q wrap of rare ola thread
lace. mounted on blue chiffon and
trimmed with biao velvet.
The New York herald., 1921-06-16
Railroad Pay Graft.

The American people have the
common sense to know an economic
outrage when il is laid before their
eyes. AS they get the facts about
Federal Government squander, local
Government squander and any other
abuse that rips the public's pocket
open they can be relied on to see
that the wrong against them Is
stamped out.
For the American public's consid-
Grafton THE New YORK HERALD
makes special note OF few OF the
monstrous practices fixed upon the
railroad by Government operation
and still continued, as follows:
Blacksmith helpers get thirty min
utes of pay for preparing furnaces
or building fires. The same time and
pay must be allowed them for light
ing gas or oil fires as for lighting
others. Fifteen or more gas or oil
fires can be lighted in the thirty
minute period. But the men must
be paid at the foregoing rate of
thirty minutes for every single fire.
Doing that sort of work, therefore,
they can get fifteen hours of pay for
single hour of work.
Three attendants at small water
pumping station at Baldwin, Michi-
gan, had also been looking after O
low power dynamo used to furnish
lights for the station and power to
operate mechanical coal dock. The
duties Of the three men, classed as
bumpers, were to oil the machinery
and start and stop the water wheels.
Under the national agreements OF
Government operation they were re-
classified as generator attendants" /"
with back pay awarded to them on a
Government operation gold platter
and amounting to S8,0S4.70,
Three laborers employed by the
c., E. G. @. to cut up scrapped materials
with acetyleDe torches were reclassi
fed as carmen, retroactive for more
than two years. This retroactive re-
classification, on top of adding to
their rate of pay all increases that
had been received by actual carmen
during those more than two years,
handed to the three men on that Gov
ernment operation gold platter back
pay Of s6,42144.
The American public, which foots
all the transportation bills, was being
taxed in this way here, there and
everywhere hundreds Of millions of
dollars year by the Government al
ministration OF the railroads. The
American public is still being taxed
hundreds of millions OF dollars year
by the scandalous working conditions
created under Government operation
and continuing to this very day, sub
ject to what may be done about them
under the ruling of the United States
Railroad Labor Board.
The American people would have to
enjoy highway robbery against them
selves to be willing to stand the rail
road pay graft now that they begin
to know about 1t.