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The New York herald., 1921-08-05

sion should be able TO decide what
amount of revenue Is required to pay
those expenses and yield a fair return
on the value of the property. together.
The distribution Of the burden of pay
ment Of this revenue should then be
made on the basis of population. the
class or service desired and furnished
and on the physical, business and other
characteristics Of localities from a tele-
phonic standpoint.
Due regard should also he had 70 the
desirahility of fixed rates on a measured
service basis. SO that the amount paid
for telephone service shall be to a
greater degree determined by the extent
of its use. Such rates, 1t is believed.
win result In lower telephone costs and
more equitable distribution Of the
same.'
'In the present case we have expressly
refrained from attempting 10 fix the
value of the company's physical property
for the reasons stated"
The commission also to-day directed
the New York Telephone Company to
furnish the commission with state
ment Of operating expenses and revenues
for the month of December, 1920, and
for the first six months in 1921.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
BOYS DEATH BRINGS
SEARCH FOR BOMBS
Staten Island Beach Combed
for Rifle Grenades Washed
Up by Waves.

The police believe that the bomb
which exploded yesterday morning and
killed Frank cafaro, II years old, ana
injured two of his younger orothers
while they were opening 1t in their back
yard at Rosebank, Staten Island, was a
rife grenade washed up on the beach
after several boxes Of them had been
dumped in the sea by orders of the
United States Arsenal at Raritan. De-
tectiyes found a grenade on the beach
shortly after the accident, and another
brother of Franks, who was not injured,
said that it was exactly like the one they
lad found.
Believing that more OF the grenades
are lying about the beach at Rosebank,
the staten Island police detailed detec-
tives to search the beach and sent others
among the homes of the district TO seS
IL any other boys had found bombs and
taken them home. The one found by
the police was turned over to the Bureau
Of Combustibles of the Fire Department.
1t was said there that it was loaded,
but the officials of the bureau have not
been able to open 1t and will ask the
assistance of experts from the arsenal.
The investigation Of the police showed
that shortly after the war ended the
authorities OF the Raritan Arsenal sent
the boxes filled with grenades out to
sea and had them dumped. 1t Is be-
lieved that one or more of the boxes
failed to sink and that the waves in
time broke open and washed it and the
grenades upon the beach. That theory
was borne out by the fact that detec-
tives found on the beach two empty
boxes. one of them marked Trojan Pow
der Company OF New Jersey" and the
other American Grenade Loading Com
pany."
| The Cafaro boys who were hurt are
John, 5 years old. and Joseph, 8 years
old. They were sitting on the ground in
| the back yard of their home in 12s
Maryland avenue. r o 9 b n k, while
Frank tried to open the bomb with a
hammer and pair OF pliers. Apparent
| ly he pulled the firing pin with the pliers
and the grenade exploded about five or
ten seconds later. John was seriously
hurt and was taken to the Staten Island
Hospital, while Joseph was able to re-
main at home after his injuries had been
cared for by surgeons.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
SUPPLIES FOR RUSSIA
TO BE BOUGHT IN u. S.
Special Despatch TO THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. C., Aug. 4.

All money 10 be spent by the Amer
lean relief organization for supplies to
be sent to the famine victims of Russia.
In the event that Soviet Russia agree to
the relief aid terms viii be spent ~ the
United States, Secretary Hoover an
nounced tonight. Milk. fats and cereals
are among the principal foods which win
be bought when the negotiations are
favorably concluded.
Russian relief will involve expendi-
lures altogether of about S1.250,00 a
month and possibly may exceed THAT
sum. If later surveys show that greater
outlays are Justified. Part of the money
will be spent for clothing and medical
supplies. but the larger share will be
expended for foods most suitable for i'm
poverished children.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
RUMORS OF FAMINE
DISORDERS DENIED
Russia's Foreign Minister Says
Migration Of Hungry Hordes
Is Under Control.
GIVES THANKS FOR AID
Asks Governments Not to
Place Difficulties in Way
of Relief Workers.
GIVES THANKS FOR AID
r., tJ,e Assooiated Press,

N
RIcA. Letvia, Aug 4.---Rumors or
great disorders in Russia owing to the
migration of peasants from the famine
stricken regions are denied IN q note
ISSUED by M. Tchitcherin. the Bolshe-
vik Foreign Minister, to all countries.
In the note NJ. Tchitcherin gives thanks
for offers Of aid and says he Will at
tempt to explain the situation fully and
state the exact needs in Russia, as far
as is possible.
M. Tchitcherin declares that the Eu-
ropean and American press Is full OF
sensational reports of disorders, none
Of which is true. Although there's is a
great migration from the famine dis
tricts, 1T is controlled by the Govern
ment and there have been no important
disorders.
the Foreign Minister places at 10,-
O0O,00 the number of inhabitants of the
regions to which the crop failure is con-
fined. These regions embrace Astrak-
han, Tzaritsi-, Saratov, the German
Volga Commune, Samara, Siinbirsk, the
Tartar and Tchuvasn territories and
some districts of Urfa and ViatSa. In
these regions, he says. the crops either
have been completely destroyed or will
yield only from 10 to IL per cent. OF
normal The food the people on half ra-
tions 41,0G0, 900 poods of grain viii be
required, while seed necessary to pre-
vent a repetition Of the famine next year
will aggregate 15,O00,o00 poods.
1t Is pointed out in the note that all
Russians, regardless of politics, are aid
Ing in famine relief. The note requests
foreign Governments to place no diff
culties In the way of the collection OF
relief for the Russians by any organiza-
tion and also to permit the free move
ment of delegates or the Russian famine
commission. ~
Tchitcherin says the Soviet authori-
ties will not relinquish their right to
have some control in the distribution of
food sent to Russia He says that be-
sides the Governmental commission of
the Central Executive Committee, the
Russian Government has authorized the
formation of an independent help COM
mittee formed of personalities who do
not belong to the Soviet Government
machine. This committee win itself dis
tribute the provisions, placed at its dis
posal. 1t is an autonomous organization,
working with the full support of the
Soviet authorities. Its delegates will
shortly go abroad at the same time as
another delegation sent into western
Europe by the commission of the Cen
trail Executive Committee, by the Pan
Russ Council of Syndicalists and by the
central arrangements Of the coopera-
tives.
He asserts that Russian citizens are
showing the greatest desire to succor
the hungry populations without condi-
tion as to their opinions or political
leanings. Everywhere the working
classes are showing themselves ready
for sacrifice and accepting all sorts of
privations in order to help their sorely
tried fellow citizens.
Moscow despatch, quoting the Rosta
Agency. says the foreign headquarters
of the Russian famine relief committee
will be In London.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
AMERICAN SURGEONS
WIN ITALIANS PRAISE
Did All Possible for Caruso,
Says DR.. Basfianelli.
BIZ the Associated Press.

ROME, Aug. 4.--Dr. Raffaele Bastian-
ELI. roputed TO be the greatest surgeon
IN Italy, who. with his brother Giuseppe,
attended Enrico Caruso wnen he suf-
fered the relapse last week which led
to his death, said to-day:
"The doctors who attended Caruso
in New York last winter did all that
was humanity possible under the condi-
tions of the patient; they could not do
more"
Regarding Carusc's illness in America,
DR.. Bastianelli said: 1T was undoubt-
edly putrid empyema. which Immediately
put the patient In such a grave con-
dition that 1t must be considered a
miracle that the American doctors sue
ceeded in saving his life.
II. with my brother, Giuseppe. visited
Caruso professionally on July 2S at
Sorrento. After a careful examination
we both agreed that the present and
past suffering of the great tenor was
derived from q subrenal abscess, prob
ably in the left kidney.
I'VE Immediately decided that Caruso
should be taken to Rome and submitted
to an X-ray examination i'm order TO
complete our diagnosis, and also as a
guide for the operation which was to
have been executed Immediately after.
At that time Caruso's condition was
relatively good. FIe chatted and talked
apparently at ease. Therefore, our
opinion warranted his coming to Rome,
where the operation could be per-
formed under conditions where hospital
appliances were more complete and
modern to handle his case"
$50 strong was he then that he stood
up before-us and made a motion of sing
ing in the act of reaching high notes
in the midst of dramatic setting. Then
lie said loosely:
when / was about to reach high
note during a performance in America
something caught me in the throat.
put my hand to my mouth in an effort
TO regain myself when out spurted a
mouthful of blood
"Caruso laughed as he demonstrated
this condition TO U.S."
Returning to the subject of Caruso's g
illness in America, DR.. Bastianelli said
that the grave complication of Caruso's s
ailment at that time absorbed the
entire attention of the doctors, who
could not occupy themselves with any
thing else than to attend to 1t. but we
knew with certainty that DR.. Erdmann
Zone of the New York physicians)
realized the existence o fthe subrenal
abscess
THE American doctors showed the
greatest professional skill and technique
In the operation they performed. Their
work commands the greatest admira-
tion and respect, increasing the de-
served fame which American doctors
enjoy throughout the world"
Giuseppe Bastianelli Is known as
Italy's greatest physician. Both special
lists married American women. DR..
Raffaele's wife was Miss Lucille Loomis
Of Oil City. Pa. and DIR. Giuseppe's
wife was Miss Marion Rawle OF Phila-
delphia.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
Caruso's Sorrento VIII
Supplants That Of 1919

r ,ONDON, Aug. 5 (Friday) A
Rome despatch to the Central
News says that Enrico Caruso's
will executed in 1919 has been
declared nun and void. Thus ap-
parently the will executed at
Sorrento stands.
The Central News, quoting the
singers legal advisers, says
Caruso left two wills. One of
the wills was made In New York
in 1919 and the other was ex-
ecuted at Sorrento this year, ac-
cording to the despatch. BY the
terms of the latter document, the
despatch said, the usufruct of his
estate is left to his widow who is
to care for Caruso's mother, and
upon the widows death the prop
erty is to be divided among the
children and the brother of the
deceased.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
MRS. CARUSO'S BROTHER
II SAILS TO GIVE AID
Romeyn Benjamin in Dark on
Sisters Plans.

\ Romeyn Benjamin. brother OF Mrs
Enrico Caruso, sailed yesterday on the
hllrrying 10 Naples to assist his sister in
eNery possible way.
Sowing to tho audiences of Mr.
Caruso's death and the long distance
from THO city Mr. Benjamin appeared in
tho dark as 70 his sisters plans. and
said his own actions would depend en-
tirely upon her wishes, He wore a
mourning band on his sleeve and ap-
peared much cast down by the loss Of
Ms brother-in-law
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
RI ne Assoolated prcss

RIGA. Aug. 4. "A detachment OF the
American Red Cross left here to-day for
the Russian frontier station Of Rejitska,
equipped to care for the outcoming
American prisoners. although no Official
advices have yet been received as to
when the prisoners viii arrive at that
point.
The Lettish Government also Is pre-
pairing to assist the American prisoners
and has arranged to place commodious
quarters ut the disposal of Walter l..
Brown and the other American Relief
Administration officials for their con-
ference with the Soviet representatives
regarding conditions of American relief
in the Russian famine districts.
GRANDFATHER or 100 DIES.
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo-. A2g. 4--J. w.
White. 80 years old, father Of 23
children and grandfather OF 100. died
to-day. He was married four times.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
MEMORIAL TO CARUSO
nv CHICAGO SUNDAY Y
Grand Opera Associates VIII
n Be on Programme.

CHICAGO. Aug. 4.--cirand opera singers
~ the Metropolitan and Chicago Grand
oDera companies. singing IN the summer
opera season az Havana Park. will hold
memorial service 70 Enrico Caruso
sunday afternoon.
! Mario Chamlec. Florence Macbeth,
Anna Fitziu, Marie Stindelius philino
Faico and other singers win appear on
Elo programme and the orchestra will bc
conducted IN turn BY Giacomo spndoni
touis Fasselmans and GonnaFo pavl.
aho has conducted many 0f carusos
Performance at tho Metropolitan In New
York.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
Attack ON Prince Regent
Planned in Moscow

SpecidI Cable to The NEW York HEsALu.
Copyright, 1921, by THE NEW York HERALD
VIENNA, Aug. 4.-Despatches
received here from Belgrade
announce that an investigation
has proved that the attempt upon
the Prince Regents life was
planned and financed from Mos
COW. Five Ministers received
letters threatening death.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05

HELD FOR THEFT HERE

Boston. Aug. ALFRED Adnoff, a
local leather dealer. was arrested late
to-day on a fugitive warrant charging
him with the larceny of 5000 yards of
cloth and 500 pounds of leather, valued
at $40, 900, in New York on May Z. He
was held in $1,000.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
AMERICAN PRISONERS
IN RUSSIA RELEASED
Rcd Cross Party Will Meet
Them at Frontier.
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Aug. 4.-The London head
quarters of the American Relief Ad-
ministration to-day announced receipt
of information that all American pris-
oners in Russia have been released and
are now leaving that country.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
CUBA TO REMEMBrR CARuso.

*ITAvANA. Cuba, Aug. Admirers of
FHrico Caruso IN Havana to-day cablcd
the Italian sculptor Zaneli a conmls-
s1pn TO execute marble bust Of the
tcnor. which viii he placed n the foyer
of the National Theatre Another Rroun
OF the singers friends viii place d
bronze plaque IN the theatre 10 com
rnemosRte Darusos triumphs In Havana.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-12-23
st. Nicholas, the
Holy MAJ, of the
Fourth Century
Observation-Disclosures

0N THE entire category of the
1D saints none continues to enjoy a
= more extended popularity than
st. Nicholas, archbishop of Myra.
At this time, when preparations are
being made for the celebration Of the
birthday of the Christ-chlld, 1t is par
ticularly fitting that we recall some
thing of the character of this holy
man of the Fourth century and re-
member some Of the legends which
bring him SO close to us at Christmas
time.
Strange to say, while st. Nicholas Is
regarded as the special guardian OF
children, virgins and sailors, he came
to be regarded as the patron saint Of
robbers, from an alleged adventure
with thieves, whom he compelled to
restore some stolen goods to their
proper owners.
In various parts OF the old world 1t
is customary for the elder members or
the family to place ltft'e presents In
the shoes as we'll as the stockings OF
the younger relatives on the eve Of
st. Nicholas day. In converts the
young women used to place silk stock
ings at the door Of the apartment OF
the abbess, with a PAPER recommend
ing them to "Great st. Nicholas OF
her chamber"
While the emblem OF the three
golden balls Is derived from the Lonl-
bard merchants, yet st. Nicho-
las is frequently pictorially represented
as bearing three golden balls or purses,
the origin of which can be traced to
an act of the saint which has come
down to us in the form of an ecclesi-
astical notation.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-12-23
Che Jou Of
the True Spirit
Of Christmas

~ RE you willing to forget what
" you have done for other people
and remember what other people
have done for you; to ignore what the
world owes you, and to think what
you owe the world; to put your
rights in the background, and your
duties in the middle distance, and
your chances to do little more than
your duty in the foreground; to see
that your fellow men are just as real
as you are, and try to look behind
their faces to their hearts, hungry for
joy; to own that probably the only
good reason for your existence is not
what you are going to get out of life,
but what you are going to give life;
to close your book Of complaints
against the universe, and look around
for a place where you can sow few
seeds Of happiness-are you willing
to do these things even for day?
Then you can keep Christmas.
Are you willing to stoop down and
consider the needs and the desires OF
little children; to remember the weak
ness and loneliness of people who are
growing old; to stop asking whether
your friends love you, and ask your
self whether you love them enough to
bear in mind the things that other
people have to bear on their hearts;
to try to understand what those who
live In the same house with you really
want, without waiting for them to tell
you; to trim your lamp so that 1t will
give more light and less smoke, and to
carry 1t in front so that your shadow
will fall behind you; to make grave
for your ugly thoughts and a garden
for your kindly feelings, with the gate
open-are you willing to do these
things even for day7 Then you can
keep Christmas.
Are you willing to believe that love
is the strongest thing in the world
stronger than hate, stronger than evil,
stronger than death-and that the
blessed life which began in Bethlehem
nineteen hundred years ago is the
image and brightness Of the eternal
love? Then you can keep Christmas.
And If you. can keep it for day, why
not always? But you can never keep
it alone.-Dr. Henry Van Dyke.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-12-23
Chris tmas Is
Children s Day

1.-THE message of Christmas is love.
VI Its emblem is radiant, thankful.
contented childhood. Without
love and without children there could
be no real Christmas. The form might
survive but the substance would be
lacking.
Unhappy must be the adult who can
not make himself child again In
spirit at the Yuletide. For Christmas
is the universal children's day. Men
and women are superfluous except as
they make themselves partners with
those whom the day glorifies.
Let us, then, lay aside the affecta-
tion and arrogance of manhood and
womanhood and be children again.
Let us adopt their point of view and
put ourselves in their places-in the
places of these sons and daughters
of ours and of the sons and daughters
Of our neighbors. 1t was only year
or so ago, as it seems, when we hung
our well-worn stockings in row along
the mantel shelf, while our fathers
and mothers looked on with unfeigned
pleasure at the innocent confidence we
showed in the morrow.
Even as you and |. It all comes
back In flood of memories. Life was
simpler then. Our desires were less
pretentious than those our children
voice now. Modest remembrances they
were that bulged toe and heel Of the
stockings mother knit
Life and its circumstances change,
but the essence Of Christmas never.
The same happy childhood, the same
restlessness, the same snail-like creep
ing of time as the holiday approaches.
The same parenthood, too-the same
planning across the reading table after
the boys and girls are abed, the same
loving consideration Of what this or
that child most desires and how far
the family purse can be stretched TO
permit some further purchase.
Every home is assured Christmas
if 1t has a great, warm heart pulsat-
ing in tune with the hopes and JOYS
of childhood.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-12-23
Good Reason, Too.

At Christmas the children of GER
tain provincial school tried to collect
money by going from house to house
singing carols and snatches of hymns.
Many complaints reached the rect0r's
ears of bands of youngsters scamper-
ing through the first verse OF while
Shepherds Watched" and then vio-
lently ringing the doorbell. So he In
stituted inquiries on the next occasion
he visited the school.
"Why is It." he asked, that, instead
of singing the hymn in reverent
way. you scamper through one verse
and then ring the bell p
Silence reigned for short time
Then a shrill voice from small boy
at the back Of the room was heard In
explanation:
aPlease, sir, it's cause they always
lets the dog loose at the second verse
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-12-23
CAROLS AS PART OF
THE CHRISTMAS
SERVICE.

~ HE origin of the Christmas carol
w is uncertain. 1t is probably as
old as Christianity. Indeed,
Bishop Taylor in his "Great Exemplar"
remarks that the first carol Is the
hymn of the angels to the shepherds
In the plains of Bethlehem:
"Glory to God in the highest, and
on earth peace, good will toward men,"
In the Fifteenth century carols were
widely used throughout Europe. In
fact. the first pieces printed by the
very first printers were carols. In one
Bears Head" which used to be sung
as that old dish was carried to the
table during the Christmas revelry:
The Bears Head in hands I bring
With garlands gay and birds singing;
/ pray you all to help me sing
"Qui estis In convivio!'
1.-THE Bears Head" represents one
Of the convivial carols or "joiie chan
sons" which had their place at the
IcdStS, uduCcS dHU OlhCA gay ASSliNA-
ties of the Christmas season.
In Shakespeare's time bands OF
itinerant singers used to wander about
the streets and make their carolry q
pretext for getting money.
During the Eighteenth century CAROL
ry declined greatly, and many of the
quaint old customs which had marked
Christmas festivals for centuries be-
came obsolete.
Carolry still exists in parts of Eng
land.
In Wales 1t has been preserved to
still greater extent, while Ireland.
too, has her Christmas caroling In
time-honored style. France has its
"Noels," and in Italy Christmas carols
have been sung since the time of st.
Francis of Assist, who discovered the
power of sacred song in the YER
nacular.
In churches all over the world many
of the delightful old carols are now a
part of the Christmas service.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-12-23
Che Most Generally
Observed Of All
Festivals

M~HRISTMAS is of all the festivals
" the most generally observed in
the western world 1t is the uni
verxal holiday of ChristendOm, and
the general phases Of its observance
are in their essentials smilar in all
countries. 1t is a sort of common
ground on which we all meet for, at
least, one day In the year.
In its religious aspect the Festival
fs a remembrance of the Christian.
f.Nth-the gift of God to the world OF
b divine Savior. Out of that central
aad dominant idea, no doubt, >grew ND
me practice of selecting Christmas,
above ell other seasons, as the time
N~r friends to bestow gifts upon one
aaother. and, for all who can, to ex-
tnd charity to those in need.
Although not so old as the religious
nature, the domestic and social fea-
t,ares of the festival date back to very
elrly times, at any rate. to times that
are early In our history.
For centuries Christmas has been
pre-en,inently season of home-gath-
citing, when absent ones return and
die family circle Is once more COM
ptete6, or as nearly completed as the
Changes and chances of life make pos
bble. With homecoming was associ-
ated good cheer, and so Christmas
came to be a season Of feasting and
nerrymaking.
In England during the Middle ages,
and for many generations after the
Middle ages had closed, the Christ
mas season, which included at least
d whole week, and liturgically 40 days,
vas given over to merrymaking or
various kinds, some of which have
zone the way of many of the customs
Of our forefathers. For instance, there
was the bringing of the Yule-log to
Re lighted on the fireplace on Christ
mas eve with much ceremony and re-
toicing. We have no Yule-log for there
are but few fireplaces now. The name
~ the log recalls another name for
christmas. which was anciently called
and is still known as Yule-tide or
Yule-time.