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Soldiers Rest.
Another Plea That Their Graves In
France Be Undisturbed.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: 1t is to
be hoped that all mothers Of sons who
made the supreme sacrifice" during the
war will take the very sensible view OF
their last resting place that the mother
Of Joyce Kilmer does In her letter to
you.
In urging the bereaved in this coun-
try ito allow their glorious dead to lie
where they are 90 tenderly cared for by
France" Mrs. Kilmer shows. that she
has not allowed mistaken sentiment to
get the better of her good judgment
In saying this would not be under
stood as condemning that attribute OF
mothers which seeks to have the remains
OF their beloved dead rest in a cemetery
of their own choosing. That Is only
natural. But when everything is taken
into consideration 1t seems that Mrs.
Kilmer's view represents "the saving
grace Of common sense"
Nothing more strongly revealed the
true Sharacter of the late ex-President
Roosevelt than his decision to allow the
body Of his gallant son to remain in
France. Those who knew him were posi-
tive that he would arrive at this con-
clusion. and it was therefore with a
sense of extreme satisfaction they noted
that he had set such a good example.
1t matters little where We lie when
we have paid our debt to nature. Young
in his Might Thoughts remarks 'They
mourn the dead who live as they de-
sire" Measured by this standard we
can keep green the memory Of our dead
irrespective of the place of their In
terment. p. J. DE CANTrLLoN.
BROOKLYN, January "a.
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Edgar Library Sale.

At the Anderson Galleries last night
ooks from Herman lie Roy Edgar's
brary sold for $31,510.75. The highest
rice was $3.S0o. paid by DR.. A. s. w.
|psenbach for the first edition OF the
st work printed In England about the
Amouth colony. Mourt's Relation or
Jlrnall OF the Beginning and Proceed
IN Of the English Plantation Settled
aPlimouth." London. 1922. The first
pried laws of New York city. dated
LIN sold to II. d. Colt for $2,350, and
theSiginal edition of John Mason's "A
BrietIistory Of the Pequot War;" Bos-
ton. S36. was purchased by w. M. Hill
Tor $N25. DR.. Rosenbach gave $1,800
Tor IN rare first edition of ChrestieD
LIE Cieu's Premier Establishment de la
Foy az la Nouvelle France" Paris
1901, az $1,000 for the second edition
Of Mari Lescarbot's "Histoire de la
NouvelleN France" Paris, 1912. as
well as v1.5SO for Nathaniel Nor
tons "NeN England's Memorial" Bos-
ton, 169sAOther important purchases
by Dr. RoAbach were: An early tract
relating toVew Jersey, London. 1881.
1910; CottofMathers "The Triumph Of
the ReformeNReligion." $610; Increase
Mather's "Prtical Truths Tending to
Promote the lwer OF Godliness," $605 ;
Peter Martyr 1.-THE Decades of the
Newe Worlde. london. 1855. $500,
L: c: Har9e paid $500 for Cotton
Mather's "MefnNable Providences" and
$S25 for John ederer's Discoveries.
London. 1872. rare volume. "The
Moving Devil" Andon, 1878. was pur-
chased by w M. Iill for $51O, and the
first English edith Of ]. III. van Lin
schoten's Voyages London. 1898. went
to J. c. Williams \ $500.
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Senator William M. Calder and Senator
Wesley M, Jones OF Washington viii speak
ci' CHARLES % zssSn Sf viii sseal iectnrs on Thoresu"
at G1Uper Hni9n, %sxisy p m, n, discus, ,,o
Restore Normal Conditions" Tabernacle
forum. Broadway and Fifty-sixth street. s;i5
Graduation exercises of Public School No.
I will be held in the school. 8 Henry street.
Jamea P. chspip win give an Illustrated
thology.' at a meeting Of the Linnaean SO.
cIety, In the American Museum OF Natufal
History. seventy-sevsnth street and Central
Park West, S:15 p. NJ.
John Cowper Powys will lecture on &c; x;
Hall. 80 East Forty-iiirst street. II x. M.
Or. Jessie w. Hughan win speak on IT
ss sappsn meeting Of she
Socialist Society. so East rwenty-fifth street.
Rev Edmund b. chaffee will speak on
Free Speech" at q meeting Of the Inwood
Political Study Club. in the parish house.
Dr.. Charles L. siattery viii be a guest
of the Church Club at a meeting AT Its
house. 50 East Fifty-sixth street. $50 r. n
School of Lip Reading, Academy OF Medicine.
II West Forty-thlrd street. s p. M.
The plans and programme for the second
International Congress of Working Women
VIII be discussed Mt tea In the home OF
Mrs Lewis s. Thompson. 9oa Park avenue,
$50 Il. M.
Prof Charles Zueblin will lecture on
whitman and Manhattan" before the
League for Political Education, Town Hail,
113 West Forty-third street, II A. NJ.
Hans Kronold will give a concert In Bow
cry Mission. 22I Bowcry, +. M.
Surrogate George w. Wingate OF Kings
country and Edward J. Byrne Will speak at
the annual dinner Of the Cathedral Club OF
Brooklyn. Hotel Bossert. Montague and
Hicks street, +. M.
Senator William NJ. Calder will speak on
''The Development of Property for Housing
West Fifty-seventh street, S:15 i. NJ.
The annual dinner will mark the close OF
the seventh national conference OF the Amer
lean Game Protective Association. Waldorf
Astoria, +. NJ.
s.. X. RatclIffe win lecture on The Pres
ent Challenge to Civilization" Town Han,
113 West Forty third street, $3.50 p. NJ.
\ American Lace Manufa facturers' Association.
i rneeting, Prince George Hotel. ii A. M.
| Miss Leila Lyon Topping VIII appear IN
recital at the monthly meeting OF the Fra
fernai Association Of Musicians at steinway
HAL. 100 East Fourteenth street. s:lo +. NJ
There viii be a meeting OF the New YORK
Credit Mems Association, Hotel Astor.
p. NJ.
| National Garment Retailers Association,
lsncbson. waidorf-Astoria, 1890 =. M.
| National Association OF Clothiers, meet
| ing Hotel Aetor, 10 A. M.
Ira ffic Club, meeting. Waldorf-Astoria. .
p. NJ. .
There will be dinner OF the alumni OF
| the High School OF Commerce. Cafe Bouie-
ward. 40 +. M.
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New York at Night.
Picturesquely Beautiful, Cape Town
In South Africa Alone Rivals IL.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Chris
Miller is very keen to lay before us the
fine situation and the nocturnal beauty
OF Pittsburg. The facts may well be as
he says. but there is no reason why little
old New York should yield to either
Pittsburg or San Francisco.
Our downtown section, rising abruptly
from the bay and two rivers. offers a
picturesque scene far outdoing the
boasted scenes in other cities. By
night the lower end of New York.
whether seen from North River ferry
or an East River bridge. is less pyro-
technic than Pittsburg but far grander.
II rival in picturesqueness be sought
1t will have to be In a far off land.
Neither San Francisco nor Pittsburg can
claim to be as hilly as the metropolis
Of southern Africa. Cape Town. situ-
ated on the steep lower slopes of fiat
topped mountain $500 feet high and
embraced on each side by a rugged
peak, Is New Yorles best rival for
picturesque situation.
JAN VAN GELDER.
NEW YORK. January "a.
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Another Victory for the Airman.

ne dlTDeu nuVe won NicCOTy lOl
which columns of British cavalry, In
fantry and artillery have been fight
ing for thirty years. They have put
the fear Of GOD and the white mar
into the heart of the Mad Mullah SC
effectively that he acknowledged him
self beaten and has retired so far and
so deeply into the interior Of Africa
that he is no longer likely to trouble
the European protectorates Of the
west Red Sea coast.
A Mad Mullah has been bobbing up
in the most unexpected manner at in.
tervals of about ten years for almost
half century In different parts Of the
Near East. One arose in Afghanistan,
who attained power greater than the
Amir; another led body Of fanati-
cal African tribes against General
GORDON, and another kept the Italian
and British possessions In the Red
Sea regions in turmoil for years. But
the present Mad Mullah is apparently
the same who early last year carried
on such a destructive raid In Somali-
land that a combined British and
italian force WAS sent against him.
He is none other than Hadji MOHAM-
MED ABDuLLAH, student Of the Koran
and Moslem fanatic, with such a
hatred Of Europeans that he has found
ii profitable and interesting to be mad
longer than any of the Mad Mullahs
who have preceded him.
Before he was finally conquered
by flying men he had caused the
death of thousands of soldiers and
natives and had devastated wide
area Of Abyssinia and Somaliland. In
1903, at the time Of one Of his pre-
vious uprisings, he wiped out Brit
ish column which had been sent after
him, killing Colonel PLUNKETT and
Captain OLIVER, in command Of the
forces, and all but twenty Of the
expedition. Two years afterward he
met with similar success in another
uprising against the British. The
British and Italians usually capture
most Of the Mad Mullah's force and
break up his bands, but he himself
and few Of his lieutenants always
escape.
When he goes into retirement this
time 1t is with the memory of white
mans weapon which he had never
before seen. European guns, even
tanks, he was familiar with. These
he was able to oppose. But against
n rain of fire and shells from the air
he was powerless. Before he starts
again on mad raid he will make
sure that there is not one Of these
invincible war engines In the sky. The
airman has brought peace to Abys-
sinia and Somaliland when no one
else could, and he will no doubt con-
tinue to maintain 1t.
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out Of the tax levy. II soon will be a
full quarter of a billion of dollars.
This strpendous debt item has to be
maintained out of the tax levy be-
cause the operating companies are
not able to earn their fixed charges,
even their operating expenses, by
millions OF dollars. 1t also restricts
the borrowing capacity OF the city.
Now, besides the crippled trans
portation plants, the bad service and
the check ON new construction and
equipment consequent upon this bank
rupt condition of the traction COM
panies. the particularly stupid thing
about it, as concerns the people of
New York city itself. is how it in
creases their own tax burden to the
benefit Of non-residents.
Everybody that rides pays the d.
rect fare, but only the people OF New
York city pay the indirect tax fare.
That tax fare goes into their own
rent. 1t goes into the rent of the fac
tories and shops, and this they also
must pay, because those rents go into
the prices of the articles they buy.
So the New Workers, i'm fact, are COM
PEELED through those taxes caused by
the rapid transit deficits TO pay not
only their own fares, the direct nickel
fares and the tax fares, but part Of
the fares, the tax fares, OF the thou
sands Of persons who come into this
town every day from other places and
throng the surface, elevated and
subway lines.
But this whole problem Is so colos-
sal, so colossal in its financial aspect,
in its physical aspect and in its So
cial aspect. that Governor MILLER
does not offer either an arbitrary or
an instantaneous plan. What he
does urge is an immediate beginning
with the fundamental principle which
alone can bring final solution.
The foundation Of this question de-
pends upon single commission, a
single authority, with undivided re-
sponsibility, full power and unescapa-
BILE obligation to get on the job. go
ahead with the work of making the
inventory and uncovering the facts,
providing the necessary ways and
means and then delivering the rapid
transit system which is imperative
to the needs of the greatest city in
the world.
This will be the biggest job that
anybody ever tackled in New York.
But it can be done.
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Woman at the Ringside.
A Wife and Mother Who Is an Ath
lete and Goes to Boxing Bouts.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Anent
your editorial article Woman at the
Ringside" and the commentators on it /:
My wife. woman of about 35, was at
that ringside, also at several other con-
tests, and she went, Of course. with
me. Further. she has, since her mar
riage. become fairly good boxer and
wrestler She also swims, paddles, can
sail a boat, ride, golf and do score of
other things-with me, don't overlook
that factor--and Is the devoted mother
OF two children. one 8. one s. both of
whom are as good as gold, mainly
because they adore her.
As to bull fights, yes. we've seen
them and found them disgusting bore.
In which the bull never had chance.
At home both our families bred game
chickens. just as many of our we'll to
do families are doing to-day. and fight
ing them, privately--a sort of sporting
home brew
Never mind about the record of
prize fighters that went TO the front.
Madison Square Garden does not har-
bor prize fighters. GEORGE III. AKRON.
NEW York, January "a.
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FarA in Louise" at Metropolitan
Brilliant Adience Hears Second Performance With
the ONinal Cast, Including Orville Harold.

A large and bril-, audience at the
Metropolitan OperaA Aouse last evening
followed with keen terest evidenced
oy warm applause tAsecond perform
ance Of Charpentier's tuise." The ex-
tensive and competen&s st headed by
Miss Farrar In the titI-oie remained
unchanged from the frs slresentation.
AS was to be expectethe ensemble
of the operas second lrjnr gained
over the first In smoothing Miss Far
rar riveted the attention ohe audience
by her singing and actinsend In the
realistic scenes Of Parisish,ife which
her story sets forth. Sh Sas again
notably supported by Mr.. vAehill and
Nine. Berat as The FdtlhrNnd The
Mother and Mr.. Harold as sIka. The
fine stage pictures were stAiKf, fea-
lures of the production, and MfvvoJff
showed his admirable skill as con-
ductor.
There was a representative suence
TO mark the first night Of the el&nth
subscription week.
Prince Casimir Lubomirski, the Psh
Minister; Princess Lubomirska andy.
and Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler We
with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles b. AN
ander
With Mrs. Vincent Astor were Mr.. aI
Mrs. Tracy Dows. Mr.. and Mrs. Oliv'
Filley and Mr.. T.. Gerry Chadwick.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Riddle and MI
Douglas Robinson were with Mrs. Han
iiton NICK. Twombly.
Mrs. Luther Kountze's guests we
Mrs. William Post, Mr. Charles
Sampson and Mr.. George Ledlie.
Mr.. and Mrs. George b. Post. Mr.. ar
Mrs. Adrian Iselin and Mr.. J. Colems
Drayton were with Mrs. Gambrill
box 30.
Lady Parker Of London and Mr.. ar
Mrs. Dudley Olcott were with Mr.. ar
Mrs. John Aspegren in box 6.
With Mr.. and Mrs. w. Goadby Loe
in box 10 were Mr.. and Mrs. Lew
Iselin, Miss Florence Loew and Mr.. A
fonso de Navarro.
Among others in the audience wei
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles s. Whitman ar
Mr.. and Mrs. w. De Forest Manice. wi
were with Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Curti
James; Mr.. and Mrs Elbert II. Gar
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Graves. Mrs. jam
B. Haggin. Mr.. and Mrs. Beverly B.
CERT, Mrs. William Haupt. Mr.. and Mr.
Morton L. Schwartz, Mr.. and Mr.
Henry F. Godfrey, Mr.. and Mrs. Geort
Henry Warren, Mr.. and Mrs. Villa
Greenough and Mr.. sand Mrs. George
Warren, Jr.
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PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.
MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX.


.'Trend OF the Times" by Prof. william y.
street near Seventh avenue
.'Demo.racy IN China" the first OF a
course OF four lectures on Democracy in tho
ORIENT by Francis V. wiiber, at Public
School &C. Eighty-eghth street and First ave-
nuc.
'.Business Progress: Prosperity and Panios
IN Economic Cycles" nv John Franklin Gro
well, ph ~, at Public School 1872. 1s2d street.
and Wadsworth avenue.
Dr. Henry Van Dyke will reid from his
" works at American Museum Of Natural His
tory. Seventy-seventh street and Central Park
West.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT and tho way 10 Meet IT,"
Temple, Seventh avenue and Fourteenth
street.
'The Work Of the Inter Allied Rhineiand
Commission" by william r. Nussaous, at
Public School 80, festh street. -,srdlay and
Teller avenues, The Bronx.
Ancient America and It's People" by Ar.
thur L. Abbot, at Public School Sc. Forth
street and Hull avenue, The Bronx; Illus
trated.
Some American Composers and poets., ny
Miss Sally Hamlin. at Ht. Anselms Hall,
i77th street, near linton avenue, THE Bronx.
BROOKLYN. QUEENS AND RICHMOND.
Trend OF the Times" by Miss Jennie NJ.
Davis, at Bay Ridge VI. g., Fourth ave-
nue. and Sixty-serenth street.
THE Book OF the Hour" by Prof. J. q.
Carter Troop, Pm. D.. at Brooklyn Public
library. Pacific Branch, Pacific street and
Fourth avenue.
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Let Smokers Be Patient.
Cigars May Re Cheaper Some Time,
but Costs Are Still High.

To THE NEW YORK BERALD: Steven
B. Ayres asks why retail prices of to-
bacco do not come down to match the
reduced prices paid to certain tobacco
growers. The answer is that Kentucky,
South Carolina and other domestic
Southern tobaccos are never used in
making cigars.
The domestic tobaccos used by cigar
makers are grown in Connecticut. Mas
sachusetts, New York. Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Wisconsin, and the cigars now
being made are from the 1919 and older
crops. Tobacco must have age to be-
come serviceable for manufacture. Ir-
relevant Of what prices growers in
these States may obtain for the 1920
crops, these cannot be worked until
next fall or later.
The peak of high prices. in fact more
than double pre-war figures. was reached
by the 1919 tobacco. The cost of wooden
cases in which it is packed has in
creased so as to add fully one cent a
pound to the original cost of the con-
tents Of each case. A further increase
in tobacco costs is caused by higher
freight rates.
Imported tobaccos such as Sumatra.
Havana and Porto Rico, used by cigar
makers, all cost far more than before
the war. The internal revenue tax on
cigars has been raised from uniform
SO thousand on all cigars to between
81 and s15 thousand.
In the fiscal year ended June 30.
1920. Uncle Sam pocketed about $685.
000.O internal revenue from the cigar
industry. also $240.OOO.o 900 from other
tobacco products, total far larger than
the combined profits of all engaged in
both making and selling them; yet Uncle
Sam seriously proposes to get still more
revenue from these products.
Cigar boxes now add about one-half
cent to the cost Of each cigar. The ac-
tual cigarmaker and all other labor In
the cigar earn considerably more than
before the war. In short, everything
has gone up to increase the cost of cigar
production and-practically nothing has
yet declined in price to decrease 1t.
Cigar manufacturers well know the
public expects cheaper cigars and will
DO everything possible to cheaper them
as opportunities for this may appear.
Meantime, Mr.. Ayres should have pa
tience. ADoLPH OPPENHEIMER.
NEW YORK. January "a. :.
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Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Fair and
continued cold to-day; tomorrow fair
and not quite so cold: strong northwest
winds.
For New Jersey-Fair and continued coSd
to-day; Tomorrow unsettled; not quite so
cGu; fresh northwest winds
For. Northern New Engiand-Fair and con-
.lnued cold to-day; Tomorrow cloudy; strong
For Southern New Engiand-Fair and con-
uu,ae nued &c coid today; tomorrow unsettled not
For " Western NeW wna asd con-
tinued cold to-day; Tomorrow probably snow
and not quite SO cold.
WASHINGTON. Jan. pa disturbance oe
marked Intensity had its centre tonight
over New Jersey. and another Of moderate
~ ln'ens,y hin, was central over Kansas. An area
ol hlsn barometer OF great magnitude had
It's crest north of Minnesota and another was
over the west plateau regions
There have been little SHOWS within the
last twenty-four hours in the north Atlantic
states and the region Of the great lakes.
s snS sns eenns san: TecAy hs SD mds plains
and rains in the central Mississippi Valley.
me southern plain States and the Pacific
temperature since last night in the middle
Atlantic and New England States, the region
q the great lakes and II the Ohio.
In the New England States the weather
and not quite so '' cold on v Wednssday. ar I'm In
the middle Atlantic States the weather
Will be fair and somewhat colder tomorrow
and cloudy and unsettled on Wednesday, with
possibly snow or rain In the south Atlantic
and East Gulf States the weather will be
generally fair. with mild temperature
Wednesday In Tennessee and the lower
Ohio valley there Will be rains tomorrow
and probably Wednesday, with moderate
temperature. while In the upper Ohio Valley
and the region of tho great lakes tho
weather will be unsettled. with probably rain
or snow. and with higher temperature
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A Step for World Peace.
The Proposed Conference Of Nations
to Discuss Disarmament.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The idea
of a conference of all nations to discuss
disarmament seems to ME the best move
yet toward u permanent world peace.
This disarmament should apply to
both army and navy to make 1t Of any
real value.
The prevalent idea that one nation
should set an example by reducing Its
forces while other countries still retain
theirs involves useless and dangerous
experiment. Disarmament should take
place simultaneously in every country
or not at all.
In q conference where the personal
note is always touched 1t seems to me
no representative would like to hold up
the peace Of the world by refusing his
cooperation.
FRANCES BEApEL BROOKS.
ATLANTIC CITY, January "a.
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A Vision Of Stars.
Orion did the shimmy shake

Orion did the shimmy shake
And Jupiter the tango,
And Venus. Mercury and Mars
INDUCED in a fanda.go,
While Vega danced a saraband
And Sirius fox trotted.
And Aldebaran waltzed In skies
With consultations dotted.
Uranus tripped a Highland fling
In fashion truly Scottish.
The Pleiades performed quadrilles,
And Saturn tried a schottische.
Upon the pavement at my door
slipped this icy weather
And thus II was that beheld
The stars oil dance together.
MrNNA IRVING.
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The fire losses in the United States
In the period 1915-1919 inclusive, as
compiled by the National Board Of
Fire Underwriters, amounted to
$1,416,375,S45. This takes no account
of indirect damages sustained on ac-
count of loss of trade, nor does it even
suggest the terrible human suffering
imposed by fire. The most regrettable
thing about this tragic record Is that
many, II not a majority, of these
fires would never have occurred except
for gross carelessness. Here is where
real thrift should have nationwide ap-
plication.
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Two American Operas.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: You say
Hadley's opera "Cleopatra's Night" has
achieved distinction won by no other
American opera produced at the Metro
politan: 1T has made It's appearance
in the repertoire Of second season."
Has Cadman's "Shanewis'' been SC
quickly forgotten?
FRANK PATTERSON.
NEW York, January "a.
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FranlxIin's Words Of Thrift.

To THE NEW York HERALD: In re-
gard to the quotation, or misquotation,
from Franklin referred to In THE NEw
York HERALD of last Thursday, smythe's
"The Writings of Benjamin Franklin"
Volume H.. page 2i2. givee Franklirs
words az follows:
Penny sav'd is Twopence clear.
A Pin a Day is n Groat a Year.
Three years earlier, 1913. Henry
Fielding said
Penny saved Is penny got.
BosToN. January "a. c. E. S.
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the chief numbers two works he had
played here before-Liszt's b minor
sonata and Sehumann's "Etudes SYM
phoniques." Between these came
Chopin's twenty-four preludes. Nc.
Cortots performance was warmly ap-
plauded.
In Aeolian Hall Rudolph Polk. h
young violinist of this city who gave
two recitals here last season. entertained
a large and approving audience with hts
well schooled playing of q list whicn
included Nardini's e minor concerto,
Bruch's Scotch" fantasy. and othe:
numbers.
The New York herald., 1921-01-25

The loss of the British submarine
KS with her crew of sixty men Is a
tragic reminder of the perils unavoid-
ably associated with navigation in
these vessels. The success achieved
by German under water boats against
surface vessels in the war diverted at
tention from the dangers which sew
eral accidents before the war had I'M
pressed OH the public mind. The men
who go down in the ocean depths in
stake their lives on every
trip they make.