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New-York tribune., 1921-08-16
Hudson River Men Protest
Proposed Pontoon Bridge

representatives Of the steamboat
navigation and towboat companies ply
ing the Hudson River formed an organi-
ntion at meeting on Pier S2 yester-
seay. to combat the proposed pontoon
bridge across the Hudson River be-
sxeen fonkers and Alpine, N. J. The
Sclidge is proposed in bill now before
congress. Its supports would be formed
Y forty or more of the wooden steam
'o1ps owned by the Shipping Board.
Is proposed to have a forty-foot
nav IN the center to permit passage
y river craft. The bridge would be
Ss'd Tor automobile and trucking traffic
i0I i0., period of ten years until the steel
ssioge At Fifty-eighth Street could be
constructed.
me meeting yesterday was presided
sscf by Middleton A. Boland, receiver
NJ ~ the Hudson Navigation Company.
ns declared the bridge would be a
Sos iasaaee to navigation, especially during
ivsgy weather. He also declared the
%aw es would not be wide enough to ac-
s~m1oste river boats and that the
'sss 'esseas acting as pontoons would not be
''''aS enough to hold the draw.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-16
Trans-Pacifc Mails

The connecting mails close at the Cen
cral Postoffice and City Hall Postofrice sta
ton, New York. at z .. m. as follows:
Hawaii. Japan. Corea. Siberia and Philip
pine Islands, via San Francisco steam
ship Shinyo Maru, August 49,
Hawaii, via San Francisco. steamshiu
Maui, August 1s
Tahiti. MarQuesas Cook Islands Naw
Zealand and Australia, via San Fran
cisco. steamship Tahiti. August 21
Japan. Corea and China Especially ad-
dressed only). via Seattle, steamship
Kashima Maru. August 21
japan. Corea. China. Siberia. French Indo-
China, Netherlands East Indies (excep ct
Seattle. steamship Wenatchee. August ~.
Japan, Corea. China, Siberia. French Indo-
China. Netherlands East Indies Except
Sumatra) and Philippine Islands, Via
San Francisco. steamship Golden State.
August 26.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-16
Motor Ship May
Solve Problem
OF Inactivity
Service Trial Of Shipping
Boards Initial Diesel
Engined Vessel Expected
to Decide New Question
Economies Pointed Out
Advocates of Internal Com
I,ustion Engines Claim
Superiority Over Steam

With the possibility that some of
4ha aforementioned tonnage now
;5,e may be converted into vessels pro-
rs,,ed BY internal combustion engines,
s,.sns;on has been directed to the mo-
sar shin William Penn, the first of the
tyns 1T built for the Shipping Board,
,sh;ch soon is to leave New York for
,ss Orient on her initial voyage. The
showinc OF the William Penn, it is
said. Will have considerable to do with
sae question of converting other steam
srs into motor ships and with solv-
mo cne Of the problems of the board.
According to advocates of the motor
shiu American shipping is in a posi-
tioI, similar to that which marked the
carly transition from sail to steam.
While tse United States has been slow
q take up the building of motor craft,
Great Britain and Scandinavian coun-
fyies have forged ahead in this direc-
tion. claiming to have found in the
motor ship greater efficiency and
economy than in vessels operated by
steam.
Motor Ships Are Active
Those who favor. the use of internal
combustion engines point out that
owners of motor tonnage have been
able to keep their ships steadily in
service in spite of the existing de-
preston, and that few, if any, motor
bottoms are now idle, whereas fleets of
steamers arc tied up in the harbors
Of the world.
Comparative performances of a
steamer and motor ship are said to
have proved that the motor ship, in
this particular test, had an increased
earning capacity over the steam yes
sci Of Sc per cent on deadweight and So
per cent when bulk cargo was carried.
As an example of the results at
tanned by foreign motor ships, the
into service in February, 1912, is re-
deadweight, having twin screws and q
speed of 101s knots. Now operating in
her tenth year, with total mileage
Of 100000 to her credit, the Selandia
is continuous in service in the Far
Eastern trade, while hundreds of steam
vessels are without offerings.
Fuel Economy Is Large
In view of her Forthcoming service
test facts concerning the William Penn
are Of interest. During a sea trial
recently off the Delaware Capes the
high fuel economy of the Diesel en-
Gnes, with which the William Penn il
equipped, was indicated, when less than
half the fuel was consumed that would
be used by steam engines of cor
responding power. A feature of the
vessel is that the winches and windlass
are electric motor driven, instead of
by steam, and it is estimated that they
can be operated with ene-tenth of the
fuel that would be used by donkey
engines.
The William Penn has length be-
tween perpendiculars of 439 feet 6
Inches, beam of 60 feet, nodded depth
to shelter deck of 46 feet 8 inches,
and draft of % feet Az inches,
corresponding to 1875 tons dead
weight. She has twin four-cycle Diesel
engines of 1850 indicated horse power
each, manufactured by Burmeister G.
WAN, Of Copenhagen, and installed by
the Cramps.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-16
American Ports

BALTIMORH. AuT i5--Arrived: strs
East Chicago, Boston; Georgeanna Weems
New York; Consneio {SpAn), Norfolk:
Hoxis. Phifadeiphia: Absaroka, Philadel
rysai: John Wo-thington. Tsxss CITY; Nun
albrc. Boston: Eehr william II Hartman.
Martha's Vineyard {for crders).
BOSTON. Aug 1b-Arrivcd: Strs Edge
mont, Rotterdam and Antwerp: Glouccatcr.
Baitirnors and Norfolk. Sailed. BtrS Mel
ford Hall (Br). New York and PhtiAdel-
phia; Lewis Luckerbaeh. New York
CHARLESTON. Aug la--sstlsds Etrs
vatsa (Br), Galveston; Mohak. Jackson
yiiis.
GALvMSTOM, Aug tS---AfYtyed, Etrs
Afsi, Hrefnen, BastnsY (Br), Hamburg /;
Eishpooi tJer>, Shields; Bargonidier (Br).
New-York tribune., 1921-08-16

la:l5-Sls W. 2sth ST.. auto; IN a-0S'
s:S5-l52 w 24th ST.: Ella Ran
,o..o ia! dal -. None
lo:to-2o4 z. 18th ST.; Josie Fran
1:so-3S Jefferson St; Annie Golden
Trining
2:so-se2 W. 2sth St; unknown. unkno wn
e:so-s2s Broadway: j. Zimmerman
- Unknown
100 ~ f. 35th st; unknown. .Trifiing
$40 =. I'D ST. A. Fliger Unknown
:4o-7i West St; II. Blum Co Trifiing
s'oo-;a h.. y. l1sh ST.; Manhattan Um-
s:1o-ls9 Canal st.; Witzer & Fore
man Unknown
New-York tribune., 1921-08-16
Marine Reports
Figures indicated nre standard time.
THE TIDES

Winds at Sea To-day
Hattera$ to Key Wcst---Moderate mort h :
east and east winds over north portion and
variable over south portion. partly over
esSs weather aud probably local rains.
Iass Sulf--Moderatc to fresh winds
mostly cast and southeast, and partly
overcast weather
" est Gulf-Modcrate southeast winds
and partly overcast weather.
caribbean Sea and Miadward Passage
hooerate to frcSh east winds and mostly
oVereast weather with local rains
North of Sandy Hook---Aioderate west to
northwest winds and fair weather
SANDY Hook to Hatteras--M Moderate vari
apie winds and partly overcast weather.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-16
City Island
Bound South

bUUuU S0uth
schrs 3 R Tower (Br), Port 0reville for
New York: Gertrude Parsons (Br), Walton
for New York; Ronald G Longmire lBrl.
DfEby for New York; Gilbert Stanciifre'
sullivan for New York.
Bound East
sehr Thomas w woolley. New York for
New-York tribune., 1921-08-16
Sailed Yesterday

.strs Antonio Lopez (sp). Havana; City
wick Am). Texas City; Fred w Weller
tAm). Texas City; u Wainwright and
Porter, Newport, r /; schr Granville r
Bacon (Am). Norfolk.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-16
Foreign Trade Notes

u. - @1um OrAu10ru, England, to
: -s Suated States during the first six
aSSuans ~ 10y OF 1921 were valued at $25,-
fSssvS fSss as compared with total Of
'S'''OzsSSS for the same period in 1920.
~ Seports to the Bureau of Foreign
sau sa Domestic Commerce show that
sas. cng April and May, 1921, the ex-
XII Ssu market Of Constantinople was
n.s l n April the only new sales were
nrs oy American and English firms.
fsen enng a April exports were valued at
,s--uSS4, : as against S740,906 for April
m sl ago, and during May they
fS,S fS,Sonaed 1sa to S143,475, as compared with
lces' lcso'l'A N the corresponding month Of
a., 'snse' u' Germany, the United King
u. sno Austria supplied the bulk of
issa Ports into northern Syria in
lnlss; nth Italy and the United States
assH' s nth and sixth places. respec-
Sas,sn s reported that firms at Msdxid.
i5aSs. arc arc endeayoring TO organize 4
Viz peseta export corporation
suuiA v'er to 6nancing trade with
dsss..;A ;Ai3a:erlea, particularly in shoes,
~e ~--e nades and skins.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-16
Outgoing Steamships

The hours given below are standard
time: for daylight saving time add i hour
Sa1l To-day
New-York tribune., 1921-08-16
SIGHTSEEING YACHT

Sightseeing around Manhattan Island daily
and Sunday. 10 80 & 2:30. W. 42d St New
York Central Pier SO. Phone Long acre 1855.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-16

Telephone Canal $50
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06
Look for the High Lights.

WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills from
whence cometh my help. That is always a
good text, whether in a Republican campaign in
Kentucky, in a period of mental depression from
personal ills, at time like this, when the world,
in its most famboyant spots, seems headed pcl-
nell to the demnton bow-wows. The psalmist
may have been only in mood of worship, but in
that of just everyday the man who does not
love to drag along in the glooms has but to lift his
eyes to see the brightness, the suns of prom
ise and the good which perches above the wreck
age Wreckage is always the low level. Evil
never climbs. Sewers under ground.
One of the best high lights of promise in near
fuhllment is the agreement reached in the French
German negotiations for the payment of repara-
tions in kind. This provides that Germany in a
period of three years shall furnish France 10000
600 gold marks in building materials, which shall
be received and used for restoring the devastated
regions, these materials being put on the market by
the French government at price level with French
materials
This will enable Germany to pay in ma
terials and labor. 1t will materially the de-
nnand for cash. 1t is an assured selling order for
continuous delivery the payments being made in a
special issue of German bonds to be returned and
cancelled, Germany arranging cash payments with
only her people. That the French authorities
have finally agreed this will go far in restoring
those business relations which arc the best cure
for the enmity of bitterness. 1t is largely based
on reversal Of opinion of French labor and will
immensely expedite the work of rehousing the
people of North France who have titled their fields
and restored production but have, like the ravens
places of abode.
There are many other cheering high lights. All
the Balkans have a food surplus. Poland, even,
war-torn Poland, has food to give give, not sell.
to the Russian starving The German republic
should be judged by the history of the French re-
public rather than only by present ills. Bolshevsm
has almost wholly disappeared save in Russia it
self. and there it is in the last convulsive throes
foreteng the rigor of death. Over all the muss and
mess of the level and of the deeper valleys where
the shadows still hover there is the spirit of greater
wisdom, fairness and justice. Look for it in the
present session of the league of nations, in the
coming Washington conference, in the spirit
of patience in the BrtishIrish embroglio look for
it everywhere. You will find it and feel better for
the finding. - .n .......
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06

~ REPRESENTATIVE ANDERSON, OF Mime
TX sofa, has issued statement as to the causes
of agricultural depression and the agricul-
=inral needs for recovery and permanency dis
tinctive basic industry. Mr.. Anderson is not only
chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee OF
agricultural Inquiry, but during his ten years in
has made the study of agriculture his
especially. Probably else in the House is
I"better informed all phases OF its problems.
- First among the causes OF depression from the
perpendicular drop in prices, he places the falling
off in export demand especially for meat products
; and cotton. Second, marked decline in domestic
consumption. Third increase in freight rates, which
to many others seems the primary cause OF the
second Fourth, enforced liquidation through
withdrawal OF credits More than any other COM
modities he finds that farm commodities were
forced on the market.
1t is always true, too, he points out, that
other industries meet periods of depression by re-
ducing output Mills. factories and shops run on
. part time close down. regulating supply to meet
demand. The farmers cannot do this. When their
lands arc seeded the rest is beyond their control.
Nor can they foresee conditions with sufficient as
surance year ahead, to warrant material curtail-
ment of crop area nor they organized for this.
Mr. Anderson also lists four remedies for these
conditions. First, is a cquablc ratio OF prices
between what the farmer sells and what he buys,
so that his dollar may have fairer proportionate
purchasing power This is largely dependent on
tho second, which is general improvement in all
industry to increase the demand Third is a
broader more liberal credit accommodation, that the
farmer may carry his load caused by high produc-
ton costs and low selling price in Io2o-2I. And
fourth a new credit system to permit farmers to re-
stock and produce. This is productive credit and
The Herald believes is more important than any
other remedy for permanent betterment of farm
conditions and is adequately provided for in the
McFadden- Kenyon bill.
Next to it. is marketing credit. This is tenn
porariy cared for by the War Finance Corporation,
but ultimately be best provided by agricultural
organizations. beginning has already been made
in this field by the fruit growers of the West; the
combination OF State associations of cotton growers
in a single selling agency; by the Farm Bureau
Eederation's grain market association and by other
Like bodies which will gradually be whipped into
shape for practical operation. Ultimately these will
cover the four great products-grain, cotton, live
stock, fruits.
The Herald agrees with Mr.. Anderson that
the present outlook for agriculture is much i'm
proved Cotton has recovered amazingly in price.
Other products will follow. This continent is the
worlds great food reservoir and will remain until
Russian recovery The people of the world must
eat to live and must in way, finance living
food ration. Without Russia, food rations will be
financing will be difficult. But it seems that neces-
sity is becoming the mother of peace, and with
peace world recovery will be rapid.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06
West Virginia's Labor Day.

IT HE best news which could have come as an
propriate to Labor Day, came from the West
Virginia coal fields. 1t was that OF peace The
warning miners going back to their homes,
The war" had ended. Not a shot was fred bv the
Federal troops. Not shot was fired at them.
This not alone because of the hopeless in
equality between the forces OF the miners and our
regular troops 1t meant much more than this
The miners welcomed the coming of the troops.
Their union officials, who had consistently opposed
the resort to armed force, urged intervention and
had much to do with the complete surrender. 1t is
'thc spirit OF this surrender rather than the fact
which has most significance. 1t was cheerful not
rcsentful it was prompt, not srudging, and had no
tinge OF bitterness. 1t acknowledgment of
authority when authority mad their confidence in its
fairness.
1t shows that State authority could have had
The same result if it had had the same character
THE miners have gone back home with the best of
feeling toward Federal authority hoping for. but NOT
keenly expecting, final settlement through Federal
intervention. But they have no 1essened resent
ment and enmity toward their own States authori-
ties and the mine operators.
There was never such a situation anywhere
even with the fault all one side Men do not
deliberately get in a state of mind when in mass
they take and in a cause where thew are
wholly wrong. These men threaten to 90 back
when the troops leave Must then the Federal gov
Grnment replace with military rule, the government
Of West Virginia in those counties? Is this eco
nomic and industrial situation beyond fair settle
msnt?
= These West Virginia hill men are said to he a
peculiar people. Maybe they are. But they are a
brave and courageous people and someway they
feel themselves unjustly, unfairly treated and de-
nied their rights They were not merely scared
when the troops came. There is something else
and il West Virginia cannot bring permanent peace
among its own, the Federal government NAV well
undertake it as no respecter of persons nor Of
rights so vested as to be coat of mai;
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06
Philosophy of the Soul.
0 the Editor, The Washing ton Herald:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
! have been much interested in
all, and instructed by some, of the
many letters that have appeared In
the open Court" on the definition
of soul"
Pythagoras. Aristotle. Plato and
others, prior to the Christian era
discussed this subject with profound
wisdom, but from different view
points. The slave Epictetus, found
er of the stole system of philosophy
and moral ethics, discoursed learn
edly on the coptroverted question
in the second century. He was the
tutor of Marcus Aurelius, wise
and humane Roman emperor. The
latter endeavored as a ruler to ap-
ply the stole system OF moral ethics
to governmental affairs and was
fairly successful in so doing. As a
legacy to literature he contributed
his "meditations."
The scholastic philosophy of St
Thomas is an adaptation, in some
respects, of Aristotle's theory OF
soul, in that it divides soul into
parts, that is. a body; a substance
but intangible and requiring a ma
terial body to house II: a spirit ere.
ated some time during the body s
embryonic stage. and that 1t is i'm
mortal. which latter conclusion is
denied by Aristotle.
Spinoza. LiebnitZ. Berkeley. Sacke,
Hume. Kant. VIM. James and Others
in their turn have given us philo-
sophical and metaphysical abstrac-
tions that end nowhere and which
serve only to confuse and be%ilder
the ordinary mind. The fact that
no two of them are in agreement
encourages me to believe that
may be as near right as they. not
withstanding my lack Of erudltion
Viewed in the light of the scien-
tiffc discoveries of the nineteenth
century, and with which 1hmanuel
Kants philosophy of pure reason is
on all fours, 1t would appear that
In his latest work, the philosophy
of practical reason, he perpetrated
most CHASTITY joke upon the en-
tire Christian world.
However. since Kant recanted,
suppose he Is now with the elect.
The science OF biology has long
since passed the stage Of mere ex-
pertinent and II now claims certain
things in the embryology of the
human, as absolute truths.
In the beginning of the existence
OF human being there is impres-
nation and a union Of tho ovum OF
the female with the life cell OF the
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06
INSECT PESTS BOTHER
PUNGENT HoRSERaDISH.

Even the pungent and tear-start-
ing qualities Of horseradish are not
sufi1cient TO discourage insect enc
mics. In addition to two other spe-
ctf1c and two incidental pests prey
ing upon this plant. entomologists
OF the United States Department of
Agriculture report a third specific
enemy. known as the Europ-an ~
horseradish webworm. in a bulletin
just issued.
The caterpillar. which does the
most destruction. is OF medium SIZE
and is also known as the purple
backed webworm. as well as by its
regular name. while favorinG horse
radish. il is also known to attack
turnip and cabbage. and after feed
ing on the lower surface OF the
leaves sometimes webs them to-
Eether near the ground. whom
abundant. il attacks the stalks even
down TO the roots. II was first dis
covered in injurious numbers in
Virginia near the District Of Co
lumbia in 1919. and occasional at
tacks have been noted in Massa-
chusetts, New York. New Jersey
and Wisconsin. The moth OF tho
species is rather bright ochcr
yellow. with wing spread NJ about
one inch. peculiarly spotted. Tho
eggs are deposited in compac ct
masses containing from half a
dozen to a score. They are = little
brighter green than the leaf and
each egg is surrounded by an i--
regular ring Of yellow spots At
least two generations wear arc
produced in Virginia
Tho webworm may he ~ontroIlcd
by arsenicals and by hand picking
on horseradish. and moro readily on
other crops by fall and spring plov-
ing and frequent cultivation.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06
ELECTRoTHERAPEUTIC
CONVENTION TOMORROW.

Physicians from all parts Of the
country will arrive today to attend
the annual meeting of IN" Amer
can Electrotherapeutic Association
that will convene here tomorrow AZ
the Hotel Washington.
Washington physicians who are
practicing electrotherspy and allied
methods are preparing for the con-
vention. There are two Washing
ton doctors among the vice prcsi-
dents of the association: DR.. Charles
Read Collins and DIR. William T
Johnson. The committee on ar
ranEements and exhibits consists
Of Drs- William ID. McFee. chair
man: Charles r. Collins. Elnora {
Folkmar. Cora Smith King. Burt W
Carr. Harold f. Dunno. Seneca Il
Balm. Sylvia Mco. Wilson. Mary A.
Brosius and Gustav werber.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06
GREATEST GATHERING OF
ANGLo-sANON CHEMISTS.

What promises to be the most
noteworthy gathering Of Anglo
Saxon chemists on record will be
held in New York beginning tomor-
row and continuing until Saturday.
when the American Chemical Soci-
ETY. is TO meet In joint session with
Great Britain.
Three to four thousand chemists
are expected TO be present for the
general meeting at Columbia Uni
versity TO be opened on "wednesday
morning. Many Washington chem
lists will attend the meeting. and
important results Of research work
accomplished at chemical research
laboratories here will be announced
in papers TO be presented by Wash
ington men. The national headQuar-
tiers OF the American Chemical So
ciety is located here in washing
ton and DR.. Charles l. Harsons.
secretary, will be one OF the lead
ing figures at the convention.
The visiting British chemists are
coming 10 this country by way ~
Canada and a preliminary meeting
Of their society has been held at
Montreal with their Canadian
branch. Many Canadian chemists
will accompany the Englishmen to
the New York meeting.
Sir william Pope will head the
British and Canadian delegation.
comprising about 900 members
among whom will be DR. r. +. Rut-
tan. of McGIIl University. and DR.
Milton L. HeFSay one ~ she found -
ers. and a past chairman Of the Ca
madam section OF the Society OF
Chemical Industry.
The Joint conference Of American n
and British chemists takes on an
added significance at this time. ow-
ing to the rapid recovery Of indus
trial chemistry in Germany and the
great efforts this country is making
to regain her former position of
supremacy in Industrial chemistry
The meeting. IL is said. will be "A
rally of industry at a time WHOM
chemists Of the English-speakinE
countries are taking counsel to-
gether over the many post-wa r
problems. which must be solved in
the course Of the next few months 90
Among the features Of the scientific
session will be the sympOsiums on
filtration and on gas chemistry un-
der the auspices Of the division 81
industrial and engineering chemis-
try. a symposium on vitamines by
the division Of biological chemistry,
and the symposium Of the petroleum
section on the emulsihcatIon prob
lens confronting that industry.