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The New York herald., 1921-04-23
If Big Bill Haywood Has Skipped.

That Big BILL HAYWOOD should fee
to Russia to avoid Jail here seems n
strange choice. 1t is true that his
sentence to Imprisonment, the SEN
tences Of about a hundred of his fell
low Industrial Workers Of the World,
have been confirmed by the Supreme
Court, but an American prison Is
much to be preferred to a Soviet
prison, and about all the Lenine and
Trotzky oligarchy does when 1t is not
shooting folks Is to lock them up.
Perhaps Big BILL has not fed the
country. He nay be in hiding, or he
may simply be postponing the day of
his surrender b the law. II he has
run away his dupes, who haven't the
wit or money to escape, will have In
his conduct an admirable lesson in
the sincerity of his violent protesta-
tions of devotion to them.
Az far as the country Is concerned,
having for q number Of years sur
vived the presence within It's borders
Of Big Bill HAYWOOD it will be able
to get along quite comfortably with
out him II he has indeed taken his
departure.
The New York herald., 1921-04-23
Paul Revere Rides Again.

"Splashed with mud from hat to
spurs," q horseback courier imper-
sonating PAUL REVERE galloped from
Boston to Lexington on April 10, the
146th anniversary Of the patriots
historic ride to give alarm to the
Colonists that British troops were on
the march. Enthusiastic crowds
cheered the horseman along his route
despite the heavy rain. valid testi-
mony indeed to the response Of a
never wholly quenched patriotism
awaiting a sufficiently truthful and
picturesque appeal to the rich inheri-
tance Of national memory.
This is at the bottom also Of the
universal and gripping interest In the
motion pictures. The human spirit
is eager about the whole gamut Of
human affairs, experiences and
achievements. To hear about them
Is good, but to see them also, from
inception to denouement: this is su-
perb, enthralling. One need only feel
oneself swept by the waves Of emo
ton affecting In common the specta-
tors Of convincing screen drama to
be certain Of this beyond all doubt.
We should have more Of these
wholesomely dramatic and stirring
reminders Of the great self-forgetting
adventures Of the reused human spirit
in the past. They are adequate anti
toxin for radicalism gone rabid.
They vividly keep alight the flame Of
self-sacrifice and nobility Of heroic
service, all too easily choked by the
accommodating ash of materialistic
and often sordid present.
The New York herald., 1921-04-23
What Tempts Commuters? =?

Commuters are notorlously virtu-
Gus and industrious. IL they were not
they would not be commuters. Their
very committing shows that they are
willing TO brave the discomforts of
travel In order that they may keep
their homes and spend their evenings
In the haunts of Nature. They get up
Mt unearthly hours. tend furnaces,
saw wood, nov lawns, weed gardens
and feed chickens-all this before
starting for town to take up Part No.
2 Of their respectable double life.
In the face OF all this obvious evil
dence, why Is IL that the Long Island
Railroad has found IL necessary to
lecture and threaten some commuters
for lending or selling their tickets?
II appeals to the great body OF com
muters to wipe out the evil which i'm
poverishes the railroad and robs the
Government of It's tax. II says that
unless the lonning and selling Is
stopped every commuter will have to
attach his photograph to his ticket.
And this remedy the railroad. which
knows how modest commuters are,
describes as drastic"
We cannot believe that any commu-
ter, whether he rides to Freeport. Cos
Cob, Peekskill, Nyack or Short Hills,
is 80 wicked as to give over his ticket
70 another person for mere money
There must be some greater tempta-
don. Maybe the occasional traveller
The New York herald., 1921-04-23
SATURDAY. APRIL 2s. 1871.
Daylight Saving in Spots.

Daylight saving goes into effect
in this city at 2 o'clock in the morn
ing Of tomorrow, Sunday, April "a. 1t
is to prevail until September 20. II Is
established by a city ordinance au-
thorized by the law which abolishes 1t
for the State as a whole but permits
II to exist In cities and villages by
local arrangement. AS the banks,
exchanges, theatres and other public
institutions are falling into line with
the ordinance New Workers will
be obliged to adopt 1t for the sake
of convenience. Everybody will be
obliged therefore to put his watches
and clocks ahead at or before 2
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Thus the citizens who rise by their
timepieces at Z will really be getting
up ut 6; II they think they dine or
take luncheon at / o'clock they Will
be doing so at noon by the sun, and,
retiring with the hands on the dial
at midnight, they really will be turn
ing in at IL p. NJ. Within the city the
plan may be tolerated, as everybody
will be running on the same schedule.
But the minute the city bounds are
passed the man In motion will find
himself lost in the complexities Of a
sort of checker board of time.
A large number Of cities and VII
lagos In this and other States are fol-
lowing the example Of New York and
adopting the newfangled plan; but
great numbers OF other places are
refusing to do so, and all the rural
districts are resolutely adhering to
standard time. This Is true of ad-
Joining States az well as Of New
York. The railroads are therefore
in a pickle. and the traveller with
daylight saving time on his watch will
have series Of problems TO solve.
The railroads are readjusting their
service for commuters TO and from
New York so as to make the actual
running OF trains suit New York
business hours so far as possible.
But the tangle Of the time tables win
remain to intensity the nervous strain
OF daily life. There is no way of
making them suit both times through
which every train must run.
The New York herald., 1921-04-23

who wants the ticket has Matching
OF White Wyandotte eggs which he
will not part with for gold alone. Or
does he offer to the weak commuter
course in muskmelon culture? A
commuter who Is a duffer at golf
might be tempted by putting lesson
for every loan of the precious ticket.
Perhaps the wicked applicant for a
free ride has the best Gaping machine
In the town.
Commuters live such a broad life
and have so many interests that they
have numerous vulnerable points. II
is these, doubtless, that the deadheads
attack. But the thought Of com.
muter taking currency for his ticket
Is scarcely imaginable.
The New York herald., 1921-04-23

his grandson a at head for new
gypsydom that he sent him TO a
school In Detroit Possibly 1t was
because the boy was taken from the
gypsy's heritage of free air and
penned up that he fell a victim to
the lung affection from which he Is
sufferer. But as soon as he Is able
to 60 there is tour In the open from
one end Of his kingdom to the other
awaiting him. That promise Is more
than the city dweller's treatment and
medicine to the gypsy blood.
1t Is a strange thing that all the
world has such an open or sneaking
fondness for this old, mysterious race.
Not long ago the Gypsy Lore Society
published gypsy photography and
1t showed more than 5000 titles 'in
a pentecostal wealth Of tongues even
the letters Of some Of which are
Etruscan to unlearned eyes" But
none Of the books settled the question
whether the gypsies came from India
or Egypt; whether they came as peni-
tents to Rome for refusing to shelter
the infant JESUS when His parents
brought him to the Nile land or came
to Italy as musicians driven out of an
ancient Persian court by king on
account of their profiigacy.
But perhaps that peculiar fondness
of the rest of the world for Ronnany
may be explained by the fact that just
at this time of the year there comes
to most of us the same longing for the
open air, the rivers and brooks, the
green woods and hard road straight
ahead which may help little gypsy
JOHN back to health and strength.
The New York herald., 1921-04-23

One OF the most interesting exhibitions
OF autographic material of the entire
season is now In progress at the Ander-
son Galleries in the collection Of manu-
scripts. documents and autographs OF
Robert Fulton. the property of Mrs. A.
T. Sutcliffe and A. G. Cammann, who
are direct descendants OF Robert Fulton.
The collection also comprises autograph
letters of Aaron Burr. f1ne Washington
documents and other autograph letters
of the period consigned by Mrs f. s.
Shinn and other Americana from various
sources. All the material In this collec-
tion will be sold at auction on Tuesday
and Wednesday afternoons of next week.
This Is the largest and most important
collection of Robert Fulton material In
existence. and includes documents and
letters relating to his principal inven-
tions. the torpedo. submarine and steam
boat. some OF them illustrated with orig
inal pen and Ink drawings. The impor-
tant manuscript on submarine nayiga-
ton contains forty pages. with one orig
inal pencil drawing, and Is accompanied
by two autograph letters to Lord Gren-
Vile. with whom he was negotiating on
the subject. There are also two manu-
scripts on free trade, the drafts OF O
series Of letters negotiating with Eng
land In regard to the submarine and
signed under the pseudoEym Robert
Francis" and many others.
A pardon granted to ten men indicted
for high treason and signed by President
George Washington Is said to be the only
document of its kind known to collectors
and will be prize for collectors. An
other item of great interest 10 collec-
ton of important documents relating to
Gen. Braddock's expedition in 1775, some
OF which give an entirely different ac-
count of the battle Of Monongahela from
that In the histories. An original manu-
script, treating among other things of
the stamp act. the Massachusetts, char
ter and other American matters and
executed for the Marquis OF Rockingham.
the Prime Minister Of George Ill, Is
another item Of unusual interest.
A large nv anber Of books. pamphlets
and broadsides relate to various periods
of American history, including the CO.
lonial, Revolutionary War, early Call
fornia, Canada, early West, New York
and New England.
The New York herald., 1921-04-23
w. Jett Lauck, Wild Economist.

Charges by w. JErT LAUCK, econ
omist'' for the railway unions, that
twelve New York financial institu-
tions have engineered a strike Of cap
ital to force the defation of labor
are the widest hallucination. They
are indefensibie because the actual
facts are known to everybody. He
alleges that the financial institutions
have maintained high prices for basic
materials after debating the price Of
farm products, and then deliberately
set about laying off railway workers
to bring labor to its knees. Appar-
emily knowing the value Of sensation
alism as q method Of convincing the
gullIble when plain logic or common
sense is lacking, LAUcK declares that
the huge financial octopus in whose
tentacles the whole financial, Indus
trial and agricultural structure Is
held centres in one all powerful bank
ing house.
All Of which Is also twaddle. AS
long ago as November, 1919, the Fed
eral Reserve Board, an impartial but
wellnigh supreme financial body ap-
pointed by an Administration which
had leaned backward in Its zeal to
please the labor union leaders, de-
clnred that defution was coming. that
IL would have to come; that prices
would have TO decline. wages be re-
duced and general scaling down
in the economic system take place.
The paramount necessity. the Reserve
Board said, would be q reduction In
bank loans.
Bankers knew very we'll what the
Reserve Board was talking about.
But they hesitated to put the pro-
gramme into effect for the very rea.
son which LAUcK cites, that they
would be accused OF squeezing the
blood out OF the country for their
own benefit. A little while afterward
the Federal Reserve Board took the
situation I'm its own hands by raising
interest rates and limiting the ac.
commodations extended by the cen.
tral reserve banks to the national
banks and trust companies which
were members Of the Federal Reserve
system.
What has happened since then has
been the natural sequence Of the Fed
cral Reserve Boards action. IL II had
The New York herald., 1921-04-23
A Pearl Of Newspaperdom.

To THE NEW YoRK HERALD: The
Southern tribute to THE NEW yoRx Hxn-
AID which you reprinted under tho titls
OF "A Pearl Of Nswspaperdonn" met with
my sincersst Endorsement. May cor
rect the date given OF tho paper an
nouncing President Lincoin's death7
/ have copy Of that paper pur-
chased by myself. and II is dated Sum
day. April 1s, 1865. Lincoln died at
7:22 a. M. April 15. and your remark-
aoic account Of Our LOSS the Great
National Calamity; Death OF the Presi-
dent" was printed April 10.
GEoRonNA DEWEY BANCROFT.
RAMSEY, ". j., April 20.
The New York herald., 1921-04-23
Bacon and Milton.
Two Different Conclusions Based on
the Same P0etical Test.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: My
wrctched chirography makes your printer
set up ~Bacon's Paraphrases Of the
Psalns' are much finer than
Sheiton's." "Shclton's' was intended to
be 'Miiton's"
I don't believe an anti-Bacon argu-
ment was ever printed that did not
laugh 10 scorn the idea that Bacon could
have had anything to do with Shake
speare's plays because OF his Para
phrases Of the Psalms" written obvf-
ously for proletarian consumption.
But nobody. believe. argues that
Milton could not have written 'L'Alie-
gro" or I'll Penseroso" or Paradise
Lost" because His rendition OF the
CxxxvT. Psalm contained such dog
gerel as:
Who by his miracles doth mako
Amazed heaven and earth to shake!
And large limbed Og ne did subdue
With all his over-handy crew.
Let US, therefore. warbie forth
His mighty majesty and worth, &a.
JOHN II. RxYNoIDs.
NEW YORK. April 22.
The New York herald., 1921-04-23
A Gypsy Dynasty in Peril.

The gypsy world turns anxiously
toward Detroit these days, for by
ways which we're old when man be-
gan using the wireless the word has
gone out TO every Romany roadside
encampment that eight-year-old JOHN
of the house OF Demitro Is fighting
there for his life. A dynasty is at
stake. since IL little JOHN dies power
will pass forever from one Of the
oldest houses In the gypsy realm.
The origin Of the gypsy ruling houses
Is as obscure as the origin Of the
gypsies themselves. When first they
appeared In Europe they were led in
a gay and colorful procession by earls
and counts who placed the beginning
OF their titles In the remote times Of
Egypt, India or Persia. According
to their own traditions such families
as the Demitros, Stanleys, Peases and
Bucklins had ruled for ages when
modern reigning families OF Europe
mounted their thrones.
Old King ZrTHo, the head Of the
Demitros, has ruled for years; he
received his title In Serbia from his
father. TO whom IL had descended In
a direct line through more genera
tions than he was ever able to trace
back in Romany traditions. His en-
blem OF rank Is heavy gold ring COW
cred with mystic inscriptions; and
pinned on the cot Of the sick boy is a
curlously wrought antique Jewel, the
charm OF n Demitro crown prince.
The old man sits day after day by
little JoHN's bedside waiting patiently
for a favorable turn I'm the youths
condition, and, says Detroit news
paper, huge. bearded men and dark
skinned, oval faced women from New
York, San Francisco, New Orleans
and Chicago come to pay their re-
spects to the old king and his grand
SON"
The Demitros are rich, one OF the
richest Of all gypsy tribes, and old
ZITHo, seeing the trend Of the times
against the wandering Romany peo-
pie and tho legislation in the different
States to make them settle down, un-
dertook several years ago TO have
his people form themselves into per-
manent colonies. II was to make
The New York herald., 1921-04-23
Nine. Poldowski's Concert.

The composer Poldowski (Laoy Lea"
Paul.. assisted by Mime. Cecile Sartoris.
reader. gave a second entertainment
last evening at the Town Hall at which
she appeared as singer and pianist IN
various selections from her own works.
The larger part OF the programme was
given over to poems from three periods
In the life Of the poet Verlaine. as set
by Poldowski
Mime. Sartoris. who Is the daughter
in-law of Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris.
spoke on the poet and read in French
from his works. A group Of piano
pieces came at the end.
The exquisite beauty of verlaine's
verses. % excellently paired with the
modern French charm and color Of the
composers music-Mme. Sartoris's fin
ished diction, and Nine. Poldowski's In
innate rather than professional singing
were features which united in furnish
ing an evening at once artistic and
pleasurable.
The New York herald., 1921-04-23
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Showers to-
day; tomorrow fair: south winds shift
Ing to west gales. diminishing by to-
night.
For New Jersey-ehowers to-day; cooler n
sssifri1g to west WINDS s and 1 ESles; . admsniaa
ing Tonight.
For Northeru New England -snowev TO-
temperature; increasins southeast and cNouth
wiIns, becoming strong and shift'ng 10
For Southern New England-Showers to-
day; oo-mosvow fair: not much change In
temperature; strong southeast ard south
sisain Plosao,y ~ os sssG,ns h1 gale force ana
For Western New York-Showars and
cooler to-day. to-morrow generally fair;
ing to-snght.
wAsHINGroN. April 22-A seorm Of
trai over Lake cxan Maos soSs sass ss %sS ne
sure was low and failing from the plains
States westward, with centres OF depression
high and ras,ng over New England and L
continued high OF the sossth Atlantic coast.
This pressure distribution has been at
tended by showers within the last twenty
four hours from the northern Rocky Noun
tain region westward to the Pactfic coast
sxee sao ns s Sa. AL sno q ssss s Ss
temperature has fallen In New England and
the upper Mississippi Valley and Il has rassn
In the plains States and the Southwest.
There will be showers tomorrow n the
middle Atlantic and north Atlantic 6teAes,
the upper Ohio Valley and the region Of the
great lakas. while fair weather wiz prevail
In the lower Ohio Valley. Tennessee. tho
east Gulf and south Atlantic States Satur-
sippt River Sunday. Tho temperature win
be somewhat lower in the southern lake
region. tale upper Ohio Valley and the middle
the upper lake region. the Ohio Valley and
the Southern States.
Storm warnings are displayed on the great
iakas except from Milwaukee to Chacaso.
The New York herald., 1921-04-23
Robert Fulton Autographs on View
Collection at Anderson Galleries Also Contains Writ
ings of Washington and Aaron Burr.

art collection totalled $s.os2. making the
total for the sale to date $26.427. A
large wooIlen Smyrna rug. nineteenth
century, brought the highest price of
$740 from J. Mayhem. A pair OF bronze
and ormolu electric floor lamps. Empire
style, sold to Mr.. Van Brunt for $A40,
and q mahogany and ormolu centre table
In the same style went to F. Baumeister
for $500. q. b. Minassian paid $3.50 for
. Tabris silk prayer rug. nineteenth CEN
tury make. and J. A. Lowden gave $3.50
for an early eighteenth century italian
embroidered antependiun. A iate sew
enteenth century italian embroidered
satin cope was knocked down to Oivotu
g. Co. for $3.50. and nineteenth century
silk prayer rug from Asia Minor went
to Howard Streeter for $40. The sale
ends this afternoon.
The New York herald., 1921-04-23
World Cold to Science.
Reflections on the Attitude Of States
men and the Public.

To THE New YORK HERALD: The fol-
lowing words quoted from recent pub
iication could stir up hornets nest Of
differences OF opinion: "Astonishingly
ignorant" Is the phrase used to describe
the ordinary citizen In his relation to
scientific subjects.
The article also Inferred that Glad
stone could not see the great value OF
Faraday's achievements. which to-day
are worth billions OF dollars. But In
speaking OF Darwin the article failed to
note that Darwin could not sec the i'm
portance OF Gladstone's Bulgarian poll
tics; but Balkan politics have indirectly
resulted In cost to the world of q few
hundred billions OF dollars.
Why IL Il that the ordinary citizen Ia
late In getting interested In scientific
sub1ects3
There "a no such thing as an Ion or
an electron or the radiation OF heat and
light; so the ordinary citizen has not
missed much real knowledge by neglect
ing to read tons OF such literature.
Why does scientific man usually lack
interest In politics?
Congress was six years In voting for q
test Of Morse's telegraph. and II ho could
write such proposition to a Congress-
man to-day he might receive a reply
something like this:
Ny DEAN Mr. Monsr: beg TO advise
you that / am uninforrnsd about scien-
tific inventions. May not refer the mat
ter to our Mr.. 30 and 30, the czar OF all
the professorsf
Science Is a revelation and growth
that outJrows bigotry and governments.
The extent to which public opinion or
capital could have aided such mon as
Faraday. Newton or Morse 10 theoretical,
yet man naturally thinks Of the senti-
ments In the words Of Owen Meredith:
But as though by some strange imper-
fectton In fate,
Tho good gift. when Il comes. comes q
moment too late.
D. A. N. GROVER.
KANSAS Cry, Mo-, April 10.
The New York herald., 1921-04-23
New York's Insane Wards.
Deportations Accounted for Part Of
Last Years Decrease.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: You
called attention recently to a net reduc-
tion in the spumber Of patients in the
New York State hospitals of 1.23s, at
tributing this decrease to several causes,
among others-and quite properly-to
adequate treatment. The editorial arti-
Gle failed. however. to note that there
was established by former Governor
Odell a bureau OF deportation. situated
In New York city. which removed from
the States hospitals and from the State
s12 OF the 1896 patients mentioned
above. all of them public charges.
Inasmuch as these s12 public charges
would have cost the state not less than
t260,S52 for one years care and main
tenance II readily can be seen that the
bureau OF deportation was Of considera-
BILE economic Importance, especially an
the total cost OF removal was less than
$4,000.
SPENCER L. DAWES. NJ. D..
Medical Examiner New York State
Hospital Commission.
NEW YoRK. April 22.