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The New York herald., 1921-05-18
American Trotters Sold.

LONDON. May 17.-Twenty- Ameri-
can trotting horses which were sold al
auction yesterday at Wembley brought
f5.395. The sum of E4o5 was realized
from the sale OF Peter Duffy. while
Britton Forbes fetched f400.
The New York herald., 1921-05-18
Harvard Wins at Tennis.

Special Despatch to THE NEW YonK HERALD.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May 17.-Harvaro
defeated Massachusetts Institute oi
Technology at tennis to-day, foul
matcles 10 two.
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CARPENTERS TRAINING.


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a,9 .aN Ailer or Westfield. n. j., had a
~ ilariy , Nailer Of Manasquan took three one
y Whlch weighed eleven hounds
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Striped Bass Now Being Caught ut Manas-
uunn. N u

Striped bass struck in at Manasquan, N. T..
last Sunday. but only few husky fishermen
were on the spot TO greet them. Among
them were Gerald Decker OF Hoboken, who
landed six running from six to nine pounds
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ROD AND GUN NEWS


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AT PUBLIC AUCTION
TO-DAY. MAY IS. 1921

AT PUBLIC AUCTION
TO-DAY, MAY IS, 1921
IL O'Clock Noon. Rain or Shine.
We have been authorized by tho
HONORABLE JOHN P. LEO, COM
MISSIONER of the STREET CLEAN
ING DEPARTMENT, CITY OF NEW
YORK,
TO sell az public auction
AT OUR STABLES
60th St. and West End Avenue,
2O0-HORSES- 200
that have been used by the above
department. in the boroughs OF
MANHATTAN, BRONX and
BROOKLYN.
All to be sold to the highest bidders with
out reserve.
Note-ImmediateIy following the
of New York we will sell for the
SHEFFIELD FARMS co.
Is MILK WAGON HORSES
that have been worked right up
to date, and
Is GOOD WAGON CHUNKS
belonging to one of the largest
bakers in the city.
BUYERS, VISITORS AND PROS
PECTIVE BUYERS attending this
sale will also have the opportunity
of inspecting the best selection Of
15O-HORSES-150
from Shetland pony to 1900
pound draft horse which we will
have on hand to be sold at private
sale. The HEILBRUNN & KAHN,
INC, GUARANTEE goes with every
horse. A guide where you can't
60 wrong.
HEILBRUNN & KAHN, INC,
Goth ST. and West End Ave.
Fiss, Doerr & Carroll, Auctioneers.
pONY-Gentleman wishes to sell N Welsi,
pony which his children have outgrown:
good for riding and driving. n great net
Can be seen at Riding Club, Z East 5Sth st.
or tel DIR. HOOKER. Rhnelander bT5
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KENNELS.

T0r: SAII,-Belgian police bitch: first prize
winner: exceptional breeding; price 81 200
Tel Plaza SOT3
The New York herald., 1921-05-18
GOLF AT RACING TENNIS ATHLETIC GA
THE LISTENING POST
By WALTER TRUMBULL
Copyright. 1921. by The Ne,o York He
THE YOUNGSTERS

Catchers from hokomo itfeders from Troy,
Pitchers from PIedsdntvie oufelde1s from Lansing
but a recruit, Just bog
SucceSss sGrabdnd keen try his dancing.
Euern one, the flashing Of his ViIaoe ntnc
rise to higher skies longs mount and shine;
SO baseball dstroloaers, icrtttng the game,
4cithin the record books his right 70 fame.
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NEW YORK HERALD RACING CHART
JAMAICA. May 17.-Wcathcr clear. track good.

III $40
minute at bad. Won easily
b Il. .. by A. j
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FUT your Situation Wanted ad. IN Ths
Herald. The quality-quantity circulation
means high grade replies,-Adp.
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Special Gable 20 THE NRw YoRK HERALD.
Copyright, 1891, by THE NEW YoaK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau,
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pONY-Gentleman wishes to sell n Welsh
pony which his children have outgrown !:
good for riding and driving, n great pc,
Can be seen at Riding Club, East 5Sth ct 4.
or tel. Dr. HOOKER. Rhinelander bT5.
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iAIts WITH JERSEY ~ w }NA
The following withdrew. L. o. Reinhart
and Marty oLoughiin. Plalntield; 6. Nc
Corrnack and J. G. Ferguson. Spring Lake.
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Commander J. X. L. Ross's coIors VIII
not be seen OH the New York tracks this
season. He Is going to sell most OF his
stock and race about fifteen on tho Ca
madam circuit. Henry McDaniels viii
be in charge OF the entire string.
The New York herald., 1921-03-15
Far Shores.
From the Kansas CITY Star
who have never seen the blue, blu

From the Kansas CITY Star.
I who have never seen the blue, blue
A dweller on the prairies brown and
Feel always that 1t sings and calls to me.
Beckons and lures and charms on
every side!
My people, plainsmen generations past,
Scoff at my fancy; say II cannot be;
Yet one there must have been who knew
the mast
Who loved and knew and sailed the
magic sea.
In dreams at night hear It's troubled
Moaning and whispering Just outside
the door;
IT'S but the swaying cottonwoods so tall.
Signing In the prairie winds mad roar.
The wild gray geese are flying high
once more,
Seeking the sea across the worlds
MY soul flies with them to some far
warm shore
And greets the sea at last--a child
come home.
The silent stars are friendly folk to me.
For, as they watch above our little
home,
They. too. have watched above the sleep
ing sea,
And cast their sparkles on It's drifting
foam.
I who have never seen the blue. blue
sea
A dweler on the prairies brown and
wide
Ireel ever that 1t sings and calls to me I;
Beckons and lures and charms on
every side!
NELL LEWIS WOODS.
The New York herald., 1921-03-15
The Nickel Cigar.

AS I look back 10 auld lanS syne
one thing above all | miss.
I he food and clothes ] can decline,
And the fiat so snug that was bliss
But I never can feel It's exactly right
To burn two bits at stroke,
AS the evening falls and | strike light
And puff my after dinner smoke.
The nickel cigar, oh, the nickel cigar!
I can taste it's flavor still.
A modest auburn wrapper and shape
both fat and dapper
n haunts me and ever will
The nickel to-day is useless disk
n may buy como gum TO chew,
And, II you have nerve and will take
the risk,
Say, a postage stamp or two.
But I read In the paper the other day.
When other news was slack,
That the old time smoke was on It's way
And would very soon b. back
Oh, nickel cigar, oh, sweet nickel cigar
I will greet you with open arms.
$50 Havana ever topped you. no Sumasra
ever copped you---
How / long for your soothing charms
MAURICE MoRRis.
The New York herald., 1921-03-15
Let individuals Build.
A Way TO Get More Houses and Avoid
Exorbitant Rents.

TO THE New YoRK HERALD: Most of
the complaint against the present rent
laws which I have seen In the news
papers comes from persons who assert
that the dearth of housing facilities In
this city is due TO these laws. which is
equivalent 70 saying that as business
proposition no more houses can be con-
structed by these persons unless these
laws are annulied and freedom for ex-
orbitant rent charges renewed.
Now landlords brought the necessity
for these laws upon themselves because
of their part In the consequently unbear-
able high cost Of living and should be
curhed even present rent charges still
afford them a profit far above normal.
especially on buildings constructed be-
fore the United States entered the war
To help the solution of the acute hous-
ing problem / would suggest presenting
Inducements to the construction OF
houses by private persons, thousands OF
whom are owners of lots in suburban
parts Of the city and are anxious to
build but don't know how to so about
1t. They want to know the cost OF mod
est dwellings OF various materials
stucco, frame. brick, concrete-also as
to financing when cash payment is not
possible, and where to go OF to whom
to apply for this information. and above
all the information given them should
be trustworthy.
/ would also suggest as a means for
accelerating this solution the establish
ment by we'll known wealthy men In
this city OF home building bank. with
an information bureau where the wants
above described can be supplied. With
moderate interest ON loans. say not ex-
eeeding per cent. and the vast de-
mand can imagine no safer or more
rcmunerative investment nor one more
productive Of great good to multitude
OF most deserving citizens II
NEW Yoax. March ~.
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Germans who may have a right to
vote. They have spent large sums In
transporting voters from all parts Of
Germany and In bringing them from
foreign countries. even from the
United States, Mexico and South
America.
AS the economic aspect Of the ques-
ton is so important the matter of the
resources Of Upper Silesia has been
very completely canvassed. The re-
glon has an area of barely 5000 square
miles. II is primarily mining and
factory district. yet its land produces
4 very considerable proportion of the
food needed for home consumption.
lis mines yield annually about 250,000
tons OF iron, 650,000 tons of zinc and
$4,000 tons of lead. The principal
subject Of the present controversy Is,
however, coal, the annual produc-
ton Of which is approximately As
100000 tons. This Is not Germany's
only coal field nor her great coal field.
She was dependent for her pre-war
industries more upon the mines of
the western part of the empire than
upon the Upper Silesian mines.
The consumption Of coal from this
region by Germany in the year pre-
ceding the war amounted to 12,400,-
900 tons, or only 80 per cent. of her
pre-war coal supply. In the same
year the consumption of coal from
this same region by what is now
Poland was 100000 tons, or 40.4
per cent. Of her total coal supply.
This the Poles declare is one Of the
strongest proofs possible of the fact
that possession OF the region means
merely source OF greater wealth to
Germany while TO Poland 1t means an
Indispensable source of supply for
her industries If she Is to become
economically independent.
OF all the plebiscites decreed by
the allied conferences that Of Upper
Silesia Is the most fraught with
troubles. Schleswig passed from
Germany to Denmark without dis
turbance, both Poland and Czecho-
Slovakia accepted without cavilling
the commissioners decision regarding
Teschen, and Klagenfurt became
Austrian without remonstranc
from Jugo-Slavia after the vote was
announced. But there is serious
doubt If the results of the plebiscite
next Sunday will be received so
calmly; there Is, In fact, doubt If
the results will be accepted by the
Allies as final unless they show a
large and very decisive majority In
favor of one party or the other to
the dispute. The controversy de-
mands a definite and final settlement
If it is to be removed as future
trouble maker.
The New York herald., 1921-03-15
Coal for Poland the Stake.

The voting In the plebiscite area
of Upper Silesia will begin next Sun
day, and the intensity of the interest
in the result in Germany and Po-
land and the bitterness of the strife
between the two rival camps OF ST.
lesian voters have increased with the
approach of the election. The secre-
tary of the German Ministry of
Finance few days ago asserted that
without Upper Silesia Germany cam
not pay her bills; the Polish Gov
ernment through It's Ministers Of
Finance and Commerce declared that
If Upper Silesia is not definitely &C
corded 10 Poland her manufactures
will be without fuel and her indus
tries must perish.
The original plan of the Paris con-
ference was to give Upper Silesia to
Poland, because, in the first place, she
had no important fuel resources
within her borders and the Russian
coal which had In the past supplied
the Warsaw factories could no longer
be depended upon, and, in the second
place, because about 6J per cent. of
the whole population was Polish
speaking and had given proof of
Polish leanlngs and desire for union
with the new Polish State. This
plan was abandoned after the Ger
mans made an effort to show that
the Poles Of Upper Silesia had be-
come Germanized and had no wish
to give up Prussian domination. The
result was that the plebiscite was
agreed upon by the allied diplomats
and an interalied commission was
installed in Upper Sllesia which was
TO bring the question to a vote some
time before the end of July.
Poland bases her demands upon eco
nomlc and racial grounds, her urgent
need OF fuel and minerals and the
fact that In some Of the mineral re-
gions the proportion of the Polish
SIthhHlN ItpHit - HS HiN "a 10 cV VI DV
per cent. of the entire population.
Germany bases her demands upon
economic grounds alone. her need Of
raw material and the fact Of her
ownership Of the mines. mills and min
eral property.
Germany has In a measure admit
ted the preponderance of the Polish
speaking people, but she sets forth
that the Poles are mostly Of the labor
ing classes, poor and more or less
uneducated, while the Germans are
the operators Of the properties. the
people who have developed the re-
sources and enriched the country
The fact that the Germans are
numerically inferior has led to
strong national propaganda TO return
70 Upper sllesia all native born
The New York herald., 1921-03-15
China's Post Office.
Present Management Making 1
Financially Successful.

Ddtfd Fraser in The Trnnspacific
Just as the Chinese have always been
content with the poorest OF roads. thew
have necessarily been without an eff
Client postal system. Official correspon-
dence was formerly carried by RELAYS
OF couriers from one end of the land to
the other, important dispatches being
borne by mounted men, less urgent ones
by coolies on foot. the system being ef-
fective enough within it's limitations. Or
dinary business and private persons
were not privileged to use the official
system. but for their convenience certain
shops made business In despatch and
delivery of letters between provincial
capitals and other large cities. These
shops employed their own messengers
who usually went on foot for economy's
sake and were slow and continually
liable to interference by bandits
To-day. however. the Chinese have
post office which would be a credit to
any Western country; but they owe It,
like their railways to the foreigner At
the same time It must be recognized that
the Chinese post Office is successful be-
cause the vast bulk Of it's employees.
VIZ sAiI VI Soui6S 1iliHeSts are
Industrious and intelligent workers. The
staff In 1919 numbered 2S,29S, to which
must be added III foreigners who direct
the administration and without whom
unhapply It must be emphasized, the
whole organization would deteriorato In
quick time.
BY 1911 the post office had become
huge concern, and in that year It was
taken over by the Board of Communica-
tions the foreign staff severlng all con-
nection with the parent customs service
Each year thereafter the post office has
expanded without check, and the best
testimony to its success and to the eff
cheney of it's management will be found
in the financial results. Whereas IN 1911
the administration worked at loss,
figures for 1918 show a surplus Of
81, ,907 900. and for 1919 of s2.440,000
About half the surplus Is devoted to
capital expenditure. on buildings, steam
and motor launches motor lorries, and
on other conveniences connected with
postal work, Most OF the remainder Is
applied toward wiplng out the conslacs-
able deficit incurred during the period
when the service was in It's infancy. 1t
Is satisfactory to record that payment
on this account Is nearly complete and
that so far an impecunioua Government
has not laid hands on the surplus.
The New York herald., 1921-03-15

are the very antitheses of low capi-
tai cost and economy In operation, the
chief factors considered in designing
cargo vessels. Consul DAWSON at
Danzig reports, however, that conver-
sion of the two vessels was accom-
plished for about half what 1t would
have cost to build new cargo boats.
The Gefion and the Victoria Lulse,
renamed the Adolf Sommerfeld and
the Flora Sommerfeld, were not handl-
capped by high first costs to the new
owners, who did not have TO bear the
expense Of armor plate equipment, but
purchased the boats for their worth
as old metal. Thus one difficulty was
removed. In the case of the Gefion
economy in operation was accom-
plished by removing the high speed
propulsive machinery and substituting
two Diesel engines rated at 1900
horsepower. This boat now has a
dead weight capacity of 1900 tons
and a speed of IL knots, universally
recognized as the most economical for
cargo boats The Victoria Lnise was
not converted to an oil burner, but
two of her three engines were re-
moved. This provided additional
cargo space and left enough power for
a speed of IL knots.
After the job Of conversion had
been completed the insurance COM
panies declined to give the vessels
regular merchant ship ratings. This
made insurance costs higher, but the
lower interest charges on capital cost
partially Offset this. Now that the
vessels have proved themselves sea
worthy the owners have requested a
higher insurance classification.
Conversion into common cargo YES
sells may seem an inglorious end for
war vessels, but the material rewards
to humanity which come from beating
swords into ploughshares are sufficient
In themselves to soothe the pangs OF
destroyed romance.
The New York herald., 1921-03-15
We Lag in Air Navigation.

The International convention regu-
lating navigation of the air will be-
come effective on May 1, and after
that date pilots not registered In ac-
cordance with the terms Of the con-
vention must not fly over interna-
tional boundary lines.
The United States has not yet pro-
vided for registration Of pilots; con-
sequently our airmen will not be al
lowed to fly over Canada, or If they
are 1t will be by grace of the Cana
dian authorities.
1t may be said thnt there is plenty
of air over the United States to ac-
commodate our flying men. and that
before exclusion from Canada be-
comes a serious economic or sport
ing hardship we shall have made
provision for the prescribed registra-
ton. This may be true, but it does
not tell the whole story.
Our failure to keep abreast of the
times In this detail of air navigation
advance Is characteristic of our at
titude toward the subject Of air navi.
CATION generally.
Instead of being in the van In i'm.
proving airplanes and dirigible bal.
looms we have permitted other ma
tions to outstrip us In an art vital
to national defence In war and OF
constantly increasing Importance in
transportation In peace. We have
Jagged far behind.
In 1917 and 1913 our neglect of alr
navigation made us dependent on our
for essential weapons.
In 1921 1t threatens to exclude Us
from one form of nelghborly inter-
course with Canada. In some othec
year will it lay US helpless before an
alert and prepared foe?
Air navigation should have immetii-
ate. wholehearted encouragement and
support from Congress, and an
aroused public sentiment should com
pel Congress to give that encourage
ment and support.
The New York herald., 1921-03-15
Metropolitan Opera Has Crime Wave
"The Polish Jew and "L'Oracolo" Provide Murders
and kidnapping for Audience.

The crime wave struck the Metropolis
tan Opera House last evening with all
It's deadly weight. There were three
murders. a kidnapping. maiden de-
mented by bereavement and an opium
maniac all on exhibition within three
hours. to say nothing of some slaugh-
tered music. or course, the mystery Of
the chief murder. that of Polish trav-
elier with a money belt. remained un-
solved.
Only one policeman was observed IN
the course OF the entire evening. and
although he walked within three feet OF
one OF the dead men he suspected moth
ing. And he was not a New York police
man either. The thing happened in San
Francisco,
Those experienced operagoers who
have read this far will know that the
evenings cheering entertainment con-
sisted Of THE Polish Jew" followed by
"L'Oracolo." A considerable number Of
people seem to have scented danger In
the air. At any rate they remained at
home, or went to comic Gpera, or per-
haps even to a play. When people do
not crowd the Metropolitan on Mon
day evening II means something.
Nothing new can be said about the
performance OF either opera. 1.-THE Po-
lish Jew" Is about the sorriest opera
that has been produced In many years
and fairly good performance cannot
save 1t. "LOracolo," of course, Is an
established favorite with Metropolitan
audiences. and 1t bids fair to gain new
vitality since Miss Bori has returned TO
the company, for her Ah-Y0e is admira-
BILE both vocally and dramatically.
Mrs. Vanderbilts guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Julius G. Lay. Mrs, Nelson
O'Shaughnessey and Mr.. w. Rhinelander
Stewart.
Mrs. Heber Reginald Bishop and Mr..
Frank A. Munsey were with Mrs. John
Sanford In Box 1s.
With Justice and Mrs. Frances Key
Pendleton in the Goelet box were Mr.
and Mrs. William Fl. Crocker, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Gray Griswold and Mr.. Il.
Coster Wilmerding.
Mrs. William Watts Sherman's guests
In Box were Mr.. and Mrs. John w.
Riddle, Mrs. Burke Roche, Mr.. Karrick
Riggs and Mr.. Frederick II. Baldwin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings
were with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry White in
Box II.
Mr.. and Mrs Archibald Roosevelt and
Mr.. and Mrs Casimir de Rham were
The New York herald., 1921-03-15
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.


For Eastern New York-Cloudy with
occasional showers to-day and to-mor.
row moderate temperature fresh saSf
and southeast winos.
For New Jersey-Party cloudy and mia
temperature, with occasional showers to-da5
and tomorrow; moderate southeast and
south winds.
For Northern New England-Rain or snow
to-day and probably tomorrow; not much
change r. temperatures; moderate TO fresh
easteTiy Winds.
For foutlrIll New England-Cloudy. oeea-
slonai showers to-day and tomorrow. mod
crate seIlpaTature fresh cast and south
For Western New york-Rain to-day AMI
to-morrowi no change In temperature.
WASHINGTON. March i4.-Pressure is
nigh along the Atlantic coast and the north
border from the great lakes eastward. low
and falling over the plains States and tho
Rock Mountain region, with the centre OF
minimum pressure over North Dakota and
relatively high and rising west of the Rocky
Mountains.
OF the country with SHOWS along the north
horder and rains within the last tweny- four
hours In the Gulf and south Atlantic States,
the Mississippi Valley and over much of the
region west OF the Rocky Mountains. The
temperature continued above the normal O.
day, generally over the United States, ex-
cept along the north border and In Arizona.
The outlook is for snow and rain in tho
weather eseWh here east OF the Mississippi
River tomorrow and Wednesday. Com
paratively mild temperature viii continue
during Wednesday throughout the Atlantic
and east Gulf States, Colder weather will
overspread the region Of the great lakes
and Ohio Valley and Tennessee on Wednes-
day.
The New York herald., 1921-03-15

them then the dearest hopes of their
countrymen for their glory and their
safe return. The glory they achieved
at the expense of their lives They
come home cold and inert, amid the
mystery and hush of death.
But their deeds and their sacrifice
are enshrined In the hearts Of all. and
the hopes Of their mundane salvation
are changed only into prayers for
higher reward for their devotion. The
ceremonies OF grief and words or
praise but express the deep and last
ing affection of grateful people.