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The Washington herald., 1921-09-24
Local Temperature.

Highest. $40. Lowest. 56.S.
Relative humidity: s a. m. so;
2 p. m. 81; SIP. m, 53.
Rainfall Is pm. to p. m.), o.
Hours of sunshine, 12.1.
Per cent Of possible sunshine. 100.
Departures from Normal. -
Accumulated excess OF tempera-
ture since January /, 1921, 1913.
Excess of temperature since Sep
tember /, 1921, l60.
Accumulated deficiency OF pre-
cipitation since January /, 1921.
5.72.
Deficiency of precipitation since
September 1, 1921. .Ss.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, II; lowest IS.
Tide Conditions.
data furnished by the U. 5.
Geodetic Survey.
High tide: 1913 a. m. IT. in;
1850 p. m, 2 IT. in.
Low tide: 1927 q. m, Q in; 1880
Sun rises 5:57 a. m. sets sos
p. m.
Moon rises 11:15 p. m. sets 1855
p. m.
River Conditions.
Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
both muddy at Harpers Ferry yes
terday afternoon.
Other Temperatures.
The mirror., 1921-10-27

bands of Jutes, Angles, Saxons, and
Scandinavians - whose empire was
naturally the sea-had sailed out from
their mist-wet forests and dank mo-
rasses, dark fjords and glacier-plowed
mountains, and sweeping down upon
Britain, had made themselves masters
of the land-a in some cases sub
jects to the genius-of the Celt.
These were the people of delicate
imagination, of fine courtesies, and
poetry, and to the rude strength and
simple honor of most of the invaders
they added knightly refinement and
chivalry. From them come our pic
lures of warriors with gold torques,
and gay-colored mantles, of flame
headed spears and tuneful harps. But
all had their beautiful and friendly
gods, who in the memory of living
men, had walked in familiar inter
course with the sons of earth.
All this is naturally part of our
makeup, now largely diluted with
other strains, and over-crusted with
the peculiar traits of the modern
American. But with the first, the
cnly real American-there is no tie,
no faintest link, no single common in
terest.
1t is matter of supreme impor-
tance to appreciate and preserve all
we can of the civilizations that pre-
ceded us in the occupation of Ameri-
ca, and to incorporate into our gen
cral consciousness the splendid traits
that marked the finest types of the
race. The progress of archaeology
and an intelligent study of the won
derful remains in this country have
proved that America, instead of being
bowling wilderness peopled with
savages, was the home of enlightened
and advanced races, and that their
descendants, far fallen from their
high origin, were the men who were
found here by Coloumbus and the
other bold navigators of bygone age.
Among the most striking remains,
the first perhaps that come to mind
are the Mounds of the Mississippi
Valley. These are huge earth-works,
built by people whom the Iroquois
called the Lenni-Lenape, who had al
ready disappeared before the former
came, and by whom they were reccg-
nised as their superiors. These re-
mains of the mound-builders are
found widely scattered, and are di-
vided into two classes -erections sup
posed to be Notifications, of irregular
shape and size, and the religious edi-
fees, which were very different. These
are frequently of geometrical shape,
the angles, lines, and circles being
perfectly accurate. Those long dis
tances apart are sometimes of exactly
similar dimensions. The orientation,
size and general characteristics are the
same all over the immense territory
of the North, Central, and South
American remains. Some of the Mis-
sissippi mounds are shaped like SER
pents, doves, turtles, ovals, and even
the human form. The great Serpent
Mound is one which deserves particu-
lar mention. 1t is built on the sum
NIT of hill, the body curved and tail
coiled, being five feet high, thirty
wide in the middle, and over a thou
sand long if uncoiled. The jaws are
The mirror., 1921-10-27
FOUNDATION OF FREEDOM
Selected

FOR the first time in 1 s years the
steel safe in the library of the
State Department at Washing
ton was opened and the Secretary of
State displayed the original five sheets
on which is written the constitution
of the United States. The original
of the Declaration of independence
was also displayed at the same time.
The opening and displaying of the
constitution and the Declaration of
independence was part of an official
plan to offset any possible effects of
"Red" activities and bring home to
the people of the United States the
foundation on which their govern
ment stands.
In this movement the Secretary of
State has enlisted the cooperation of
the press and motion picture organi-
cations and, with this purpose in
view, the newspaper correspondents
who visit the State Department daily,
and representatives of the leading film
companies and officials of the depart
ment were present at the cremony.
Pictures were made by motion
camera men and the result will be
that millions of patrons of movie"
theaters will receive INSTALLATION of
the document which constitutes the
foundation of the United States gov
ernment, and the story of the consti-
tuition and the way it is being safe
guarded by the government will again
be recalled to the American public.
This was the first time since 1902
that the constitution had been dis
played. s
The constitution is preserved, to-
gether with the original parchment of
the Declaration of independence, in
the large steel safe in the library of
the State Department. The Secretary
of State, as temporary custodian of
the constitution, is charged with the
responsibility for its preservation IN
good condition. An inspection of its
condition is made only at rare inter-
walls.
The examination of the historic
parchments was made the occasion OF
an informal ceremony after it had
been officially ascertained that the in
strument was in state of perfect pre-
servation. The Secretary of State
addressed the officials, newspaper men
and motion picture representatives
present at the time. He referred to
the significance of the American con-
stitution as representing all that was
best and highest in government.
"The Secretary of State" he said,
'being the custodian of the constitu-
ton, may at his discretion make an
inspection of that document in order
to assure himself that proper measures
are being employed to protect it for
this and future ages. That is the pur-
pose of this informal ceremony. !
observe that it is perfectly protected
from light and air and the elements
which ordinarily destroy written doc
uments which may be exposed to
them. We find the constitution safe
so far as the forces Of nature are Coz
cerned. We should pro- page 8. COL 81
The mirror., 1921-10-27
AMERICAS HEROIC PAST
Selected
r HROUGH general absence OF
ancient American history, one is

THROUGH a general absence of
ancient American history, one is
apt to feel that history and civ
ilization began in this new-old world
with the coming of the white men in
1892. An error indeed her civili-
zation is so old that empires had been
born, lived, and vanished, whole peo-
pies and races had disappeared, before
ever Columbus thought westward.
The background that America pre-
sents is vastly different from that of
ancient Britain as we know it. Amer
ica was land of lofty mountains,
wide plains, impenetrable forests; a
land of painted deserts and deep
chasms; every beautiful and needful
thing was in profusion. A Land of
the Best" it seemed d-generous and
abundant, for the enjoyment of the
races who possessed it in peace.
They were proud andt fearless
.race-these red warriors of the for
ests swift and silent of foot; strong
and enduring in pain-a people of
few words and deep thoughts, feeling
the presence of the Master of Life
upon them equally on the mountain
peaks, in the depths of the forest, or
in the laundering voice of great
cataractS.
AS the Sun Father journeyed over
the land, from the shores of the Mar
ragansett to the Waters of the West,
every day he saw his children waiting
to greet him. On the eastern noun
tains, from the serpent-mounds by the
Father of Waters, from the kiUas of
the desert-born, and from the temple
pyramids and stone cities of the
southlands - everywhere the Red
Men stood with faces raised and
hands uplifted to salute the Great
Father.
They worshipped Him and loved
Him always all days were His; and
they felt His watchful eye upon them
in every act of their lives. Songs,
dances and ceremonies in His honor
kept alive His memory in the minds
of His children. Very gladly they
told the old tales, and taught to the
young men the wisdom Of their
fathers, that not one word might be
changed or lost. Days o.. purifcation
and prayer they set aside for the
youth, and many trials he had to pass
through to prove himself worthy to
enter the medicine lodge.
The legends and stories and coun-
Gil of the elders daily filled the ears
and the minds of the young warriors,
who had ever before their minds eye
the example of their fathers rs--brave,
resolutc, sagacious-whose deeds they
themselves must emulate, and if pos
sible, excel.
1t is matter of regret and sur
prise, how little the background of
Americas heroic past has entered into
our national consciousness. 1t has af-
fected neither our racial nor mental
life, as whole, and not one trait of
our complex heredity can be traced
back to our predecessors in the New
World. 1t is the reverse of the case
with the English colonizers.
The mirror., 1921-10-27
Saltwater, Minnesota, Thursday, October 27, 1921

represented as swallowing smaller
mound in the shape of an egg.
The western states are famous for
their clif-dwellings, towers, commun-
ity-houses, temples, and edifces of
brick or stone. Arizona has unques-
tionably had dense population and
very highly-organized society, to judge
from the remains of architectural and
engineering skill still existing. One
of these is an aqueduct, or immense
irrigation canal, considered by experts
to rank higher than modern work, cut
100 feet through solid rock, with four
branches, the main stream being l2O
miles long.
Progressing further, we come to
Mexico the land of the Aztecs and
the Toltecs. They had their pyra-
mids, their richly-carved temples,
their statues, and gold and jewel
work. Much of this, together with
their sacred books and writings, was
destroyed by the Spanish conquerors,
but enough remains to show-as was
expressed by some of the Spaniards
themselves that they destroyed a
civilization higher than their own.
The Aztecs' were adopts in metal
lurgy, were skilled in astronomy and
medicine. They had poetry and
drama of their own, a splendidly or
ganized government in many respects,
and were people of luxury and
splendor in their private life.
Next comes the land of the Mayas
and Ouich-es, whose civilization was
perhaps the highest of the North
American continent. They are an ex-
tremely ancient race, their very rec
ords carrying us far back into days
when man was hardly supposed to
have existed at all. Nearly all their
cities-rich and beautiful-are now
lost (and were lost even when the
Spanish came), in sea of tropical
verdure; and their value and beauty
has been appreciated only within the
last few generations. The story of
the discoverers who have gone into
the forests of Yucatan, Guatemala,
and Oaxaca, and brought back the
priceless knowledge of these wonders,
is not only fascinating; but inspiring.
Our whole horizon of knowledge is
widened and pushed back, until we
see the races of antiquity-in America
as misunderstanding greater as we
venture farther and farther back into
the night of time.
The literature dealing with these
subjects is very extensive, but the field
is by no means exhausted. Details of
the ancient American arts, sciences,
and religion are constantly added to
our knowledge, proving how high a
source the remains must have come
from. But the delight in the splen-
dor and beauty of it all-the wonder
and mystery of their origins, their his
tory, and their fall; the romance of
tracing their connections with other
i,ations of antiquity, the desire to- pre-
serve all that remains--all of this,
wonderful and ennobling as it is, is
still inferior to the touch of the
mighty spirit that informed these peo-
pie. They have left US the heritage
of their thoughts, their achievements,
and their precious knowledge, of
which so little has yet been deciphered
to inspire the children of another race.
.f 5fsss IS -
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
COTTON PRICES UP
In STEADY MARKET
Session Is Quiet and Feature.
Icss-Futures Ease Near
the Close.

Cotton futures were steady and some
what higher in yesterdays quiet and
featurelcss session. All things consid-
cred. the market stood UP we'll in the
face OF hedge pressure from Southern
interests. selling by local longs and
Liverpool offerings. At the days best
level the market was UP a little more
than a quarter cent pound from
Wednesdays final bids, but near the
finish the list eased from the top In SYM
pathy with a similar reaction In stocks
and closed steady with an advance OF l3
to Is points from the preceding finals
The situation yesterday presented moth
ing new.
Bulls were helped by reports from
Washington which stated that Secretary
Mellon of the Treasury had had confer
ences with representatives Of cotton
growers to devise means to relieve emer-
gency conditions. Liverpool cables were
steady. futures prices on the other side
being better than expected. The local
market opened l to II points higher
Several July notices were reported in
circulation, but they had no effect on
values. Favorable weather conditions
were ignored. The official map ~es
showery in the east, but conditions In
central and western portions OF the belt
were mostly clear
During the forenoon the market ad-
vanced about 20 points from the preced-
ing close. aided by strength of stocks
reports OF increased demand for the ac-
tual in the Southwest and greater activ-
ity in cotton goods circles. Trading was
quiet and at times largely scaiping by
professionals or Wall Street evening up.
which gave the market very flat ap-
pearance. Early in the afternoon de-
mand Increased sufficiently TO send the
market about 20 to 80 points over
Wednesdays final bids. About half the
gain was lost In the last fifteen min
utcs. The local spot market was 10
points higher at 1920 cents.
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
MISCELLANEOUS LEASES.

IIirsch & Friedman leased the ninth
floor in l53 Madison avenue. contain
Ing 10000 square feet. to Drubn Broth
ers, at an aggregate rental OF about
$4,000
Albert +. Ashforth. Inc. leased space
on the fifth floor of the new Liggett
Building, northeast corner OF Madison
avenue and Forty-second street, 10
Publicity in America, Inc.
Homer l.. Pence leased for Julius
Tishman g. Sons floor in IL 10 10 West
Thirty-seventh street to the Nelson
Bead Company; TO the l.. * s. Feather
Company floor in l6 and IS West Thirty
sixth street, and to Selly Rosenau Of
fices in 366 Fifth avenue.
Tankoos. Smith & Co. subleased store
in IL New street at rental aggregat-
ing approximately $4,000, and the lessee,
a chain store concern, will open
branch establishment.
Daniel Birdsall & Co, Inc, rented
store and basement in 3l5 Church street
to Endler a. Schwartz.
A. V. Amy & Co. leased store in 90l
West Seventy-second street to the Kent
Realty Company. also leased for d. w.
Blumenthal his dwelling at l23 East
Seventy-second street to Leah Sabel.
Cross e. Brown Company leased the
third floor in As West Eighteenth street
to the Annual Business Show Com
pany.
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
w. II. HOWARD LEASES
CEDARHURST CLUB
NeU York Hotel Man to Man
age Property-Other Deals.

r. Smith, head of r. Smith & Co Of
this city. has leased for term the Ce-
,darhurst Club at Cedarhurst, l.. l., to
William r. Howard. manager Herald
Square. Madison Square. Langley and
othcr hotels Mr.. Smith recently pur-
chased the property from A. Adelberg
Extensive alterations arc being made to
the club and grounds and the streets
surrounding the hotel. and Mr.. Howard
will have II I'm operation before the end
OF the month. Mr.. Smith has given free
use Of the hotel TO the Far Rockaway
League and other community organiza-
tions.
AS site for sS50COo structure to
contain an 1.S00 seat theatre and six
teen stores. Charles A. Goldryer leased
from J. J. Tuiley u plot 20OxiO0 on
Broadway. $50 feet north OF Radford
street. Yonkers.
Irving Judis and Joseph Silyerson
sold through Herman Sternburgh three
story dwelling at - Cottage place, Long
Branch. N. j.. to Leo and Emanuel Herr
Chauncey II. Griffin & Co. sold for
Walter Fl. kaiskern 6 Trenton avenue,
Lester Hill, White Plains. to Lee j.
Sprague.
De Blois & Eldridge rented for Mrs.
Burke Roche her villa known as Elm
Court. at Newport, II. l.. to Mr.. and Mrs
Edison Bradley for the season.
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
WANTS 18th STREET
HOTEL FOR A STORE
r. Smith Reported as Negotia-
ting With United Cigars Go.
for the Churchill.

1t is reported that r. Smith, head OF
r. Smith * Co, ladies outtitters, or
West Fourteenth street, is negotiating
with the United Cigar Stores Company
for a lease of the Hotel Churchill, for
merly the Morton House property at
the southeast corner of Broadway and
Fourteenth street, one of the proper
ties recently purchased by the United
at the auction sale of the Courtiandt
Palmer estate holdings conducted by
Joseph p. Day. Should the nesotia-
tions terminate successfully. Mr.. Smith
plans to alter the historic unicp Square
hostelry into a department store. The
rentals would exceed s250,0o0.
The United bought this property to-
gether with the old Keith Union Square
Theatre for sl,420.o00 on June 2s after
one of the most sensational auction
sales ever conducted in the Ncsey street
salesroom. 1t required 1853 bidc to de-
termine the ownership OF the property
Felix Isman. said to be representing
Benjamin Kaufman, being the under
bidder The old Morton House was
first opened In 1850 as the Union Place
Hotel.
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
40 PM,
Passed down Marcus Hook 7th,

Passed down Marcus Hook 7th, re0 Pm
str Sarpfos (Nor) for New York.
Sailed from Delaware Breakwater 1th, O;lo
AM. tug James ] McNally. towing . barges,
seaward.-Wnd Sc. miles: light fog
PORTLAND. Me, July 5-sailed. schr Lii
lian. Boston.
Sailed 9Th, tug Valley Forge. Philadelphia,
towing barge Pottstown calling a Ports
mouth for barges Paxinos and Leesport,
PROVIDENCE. ri. July 6-Arriyed barge
Lincoln, Philadelphia.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 5-Arrived.
bark Moshula. Manila: schrs Esther Buhne.
Savu Savu; Forester. Lavuka.
Arrived 9th, strs Matsonia. Honolulu !,
Granite State. Calcutta, &c; falza. Boston.
&c: Santa Rita, Tocopila.
SEATTLE. wash. July G-sailed. str West
Hxton. sydney, NSW
SAVANNAH. Ga, July I-Arrived, strs
Trinidaaian, Port Arthur; City OF 81 Louis,
New York.
Sailed 7th. strs Juniata Baltimore; Wal
den. Bremen, &c mot previously,
TACOMA, Wash. July 8-Arrived, motor
ship Boobyalla. Valparaiso. &c, Via san
Francisco.
TAMPA. Fla. July G--saed. sehr Mabel a
Frye, Boston or baltimore.
Sailed Ith. strs Lake Freeland, New York
Eastern sun, do; schr Island Home tBrD,
Grand Cayman.
VINEYARD HAVEN. Mass, July Gar
rived. tug Gettysburg. Philadelphia. towing
barges Mahanoy. for Lynn, and Tulpehocken'
for Bar Harbor
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
WHEAT GOES HIGHER 1
ON POOR CROP NEWS.
North Dakota Drought Killing
Grain-Black Rust Serious
in Canada.

CHICAGO, July T.--Builish crop reports
from North Dakota, together with black
rust In Manitoba and Saskatchewan. did
much to-day to lift wheat Closing quo
tations were strong and TO cents net
higher, with September Si.20H TO
s1.2o% and December $1.23 to $l.2Sh.
Corn gained VI to ~ cents, oats u to
IN cents and provisions 8 to 20 cents.
Wheat values began to ascend AS soon
as trading got fairly under way. the
chief initial impetus coming from ad-
vices that on much acreage in North
Dakota the crop had been almost de-
stroyed by drought and that in some
other parts of the State the quality had
been injured. Bulls put emphasis. too.
ON disappointing threshing returns from
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. Iowa and Mis-
souri,. II was estimated that deteriora-
tion In Missouri amounted to 10000, 900
bushels compared with the prospect
month ago. Such conditions made the
market in the later trading more sensi-
tive than usual of late regarding black
rust news. The chances of harm from
black rust north OF the international
boundary were said also to be greater
than in the domestic crop.
Continued dry weather had oullish
influence on corn. Oats, like wheat,
were affected by adverse threshing re-
turns,
Provisions advanced readily with
grain and hogs
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
REALTY JOTTINGS.

Henry Mandel has moved to new Of
fices in the Straus Building, sos Fifth
avenue
Beekman estate. which recently pur-
chased the northeast corner OF Lexing.
ton avenue and Fifty-second street. paid
SS5 900 for the realty.
Lowenfeld & Prayer and Isaac Low
onfeld have removed to their new of.
fices In Rector street. They were foi
several years at 81 Liberty street, which
property was taken for the site of the
new Federal Reserve Bank.
J. s. Maxwell has been appointed
managing agent for 1853 and 3155
Broadway. 529 and COL West 1851
street and sos West 1881 street.
Hyman Berman has removed his Of
flee to 1875 Broadway.
G. Tuoti & Co. sold for Gus Heyne at
Adelia. Pa. TO G. Robin a 80 acre stock
farm with seven roam dwelling.
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
ARMY ORDERS.
Special Despatch 20 THE New YORK HEsALo
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. C., July Z. I

These army orders have been made public
GENERAL OFFtCERS--iirig.- Gen. r. r
McClachlin. assigned ~ duty ns commandant.
General staff Coliege Washington; Brig
Gen. n. ". Ely, assigned 70 command Third
Brigade For: Leavonworth: Brig. Gen. Pres
ton Brown. report 10 chief OF staff for as
slgnment
INFANTRY-Cspt. A. c. Young. assigned
70 Fff:y.nInih Infantry. Camp Lewis; Capt
T. T. Blood Nineteenth Infantry, trans
ferreJ 10 rortitth Infantry.
COAST ARTfLLERY-Col. T. A. Haynes.
report commanding General Ninth Corps
Area Col G. p Landcis. n Boston; Col
w. r. Stewart. Jr., 70 New York city. then
20 Panama aud report to commanding Cen
cral.
MEDICAL CoRPs--capt. l.. A. Nowfied. 10
proper station. These officers 10 camp speci-
fled, TO Camp DIX. Major Il. l.. White
more Capt n. NJ Bullard Camp Holabrd.
Major c. w. Sale Camp Devens, Major w.
y. vilmerding: Camp Bennlns, Major a.
l.. Parsons Jr., Cnpts. u. u. bretz. j. W.
Garrett. T. Z. Green. ". W. $. Hayes. c.
T.. Price and c. l.. Nandrrboget Camp
Grant, Majors a. $. Dabeny. y. V. Winter
and Capt. NJ. A. Farlow Camp Pike. Capt.
VI. II. Ruff
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
PLANS FILED FOR GIANT
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK

Plans have been filed with the Man
haitian Bureau of Buildings by York and
Sawyer, architects. for the construction
of the fourteen story Federal Reserve
Bank Building or the east side OF Mas
sau street. between Maiden Lane and
Liberty street, occupying the entire
square block with the exception of the
Montauk building on the west side of
William street, between Liberty and
Maiden lane. The building will have a
frontage Of 1884 feet on Nassau street
and 1853 feet on each street.
According 10 the plans the entire
structure is to be used by the bank with
an assembly and auditorium on the
thirteenth floor and a gymnasium on
the fourteenth floor. The Federal Rec
serv Bank OF New York Is given as the
owner of record. The cost has been
estimated at $4,000, 600