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The New York herald., 1921-08-12
NAVY OFFICER GOES
FOR BIG DIREGIBLE
Lieut.-Conl. Byrd Is Among
Many Booked by Olympic.

Lieut.-Commander r. T.. Byrd, Jr.,
United States Navy air service. is booked
to sail by the White Star liner Olympic
for Southampton tomorrow He is to
bring home the great dirigible recently
purchased by the United States from the
British Government. Many others well
known in social. business. professional
and public life will be among her saloon
passengers.
These include Mr.. II. Percival Dodge.
American Minister to Serbia; Mr.. Les
lie Fantin, Portuguese Consul General at
Havana. and Mrs Pantin; Judge and
Mrs. Samuel Seabury OF New York John
Lauder, treasurer of the Shell Oil Conn
pany, San Francisco; Charles ID. EN-
mons president, and Herbert b. Flower,
vice-president of the United Railways
and Electric Company. Baltimore; Gen.
w. c. Heppenheimer Mr.. Adam Gimbel
OF Philadelphia; DR.. w. s. w. Stratton.
director of the Bureau of Standards.
Washington: DR.. w. S. Bryant and DR..
Condict Walker Cutler, New York physi-
clans, and Mr.. Isaac Foote, Deputy
Mayor OF Plymouth. England
Also Mrs. William Ross Proctor, Mr..
and Mrs. III. Rivington Pyne. Mrs George
y. Pratt and Miss Dorothy Pratt, Mr..
J. Gordon Douglas. Mrs. G. A. Cochran
Mrs Thomas w. Bakewell. Mr.. and Mra
George w. Dawson, Mr.. Lamar Hardy'
MIR. ]. III. Prentice, Mr.. and Mrs. II. y.
Robbins Mr.. l.. O. Thaw. Mr.. and Mrs.
William L. Turner and MIR Pierre Merii-
lon of New York.
Cen. ana Mrs. Henry NJ. Warfiold OF
Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. i. J. AMMAN.
Misses Edith and Daisy Amman, Hugn
w. Bonnell. Miss Caroline Is. bonneil'
No and Mrs. Malcolm Burnside, Maurice
I and samuel A. Dix, Miss Barbara Gug-
renheim and the Rev. +. J. McCabe are
among those booked to sail lot EUROPE
by the Baltic of the White star Lone.
out for Liverpool tomorrow. other sea-
Svt,ar,or Dayies. Alfred G. Day. George
tsnslts,, 4 a. Gordon, A. II. Harwood,
~ ctanIey Holland. S. i. Hubbard. Mr..
"a Me- Harold G.. Keith, Mr. and Mrs.
rohn H. Maddox. Capt. w. NJ Miller.
Ntrs miller. Col. Mortimer, Mr.. and Mrs.
II a. powell. Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
smythe, Mrs. Mag A. Wilson. Miss
clara Wilson, Mrs. Samuel Wilson and
Percival Wilson.
The Stockholm. III gestefuay lror ru-
rome. brought 254 cabin and go third
class passengers. Among the former
were Capt and Mrs. Henry House. Mrs.
susanna Grigsby. George Grgsby. s. NJ.
Munson and Emil Sastamolnen. the lat
ter from Helsingfors, Finland.
George M. Spangler. business manager
OF the Chicago Opera Association. is on
the steamer Lapland of the Red Star
Line. due to arrive here next Sunday.
He is returning after several months
spent in cooperation with General Dl-
rector Mary Garden in Europe preparing
for tho coming season in Chicago and
New York.
Miss Mary Miles Minter screen star,
will return from her two months trip
to Europe by the Berengarla. due on
Sunday. During her trip she visited
England, France. Switzerland and Italy.
She will leave Immediately for Los An
geles TO resume making pictures.
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
Grasshoppers in a Feud.
Court Evidence Opposed to the Idea
That They Commit Suicide.

To THE NEW York HERALD. The New
York agricultural experts seem to be In
error in assuming that the myriads OF
grasshoppers recently drowned and COW
ering the surface of a section OF the
end by deliberately proceeding TO anc
hopping into the stream after having
denuded the Canadian back country OF
surface vegetation. 1t is much more
likely they were driven into the stream
BY smoke from forest fires.
In the one time somewhat famous feud
case between Phillips and Durkin in the
State OF Washington testimony was
given by professors from the State Agri-
cultural College at Pullman to show
that ordinarily a grasshopper can leap
unaided by his four wings. but twenty
two inches at utmost. With winged
auxiliaries to his kangaroolike hindlegs
the grasshoppcr may progress from one
to one hundred yards at a single fight,
distance depending somewhat on the di-
rection and strength of the breeze.
During the trial Of the case of Durkin
VS.. Phillips 1t was contended that Phil
lips by producing and using a great
volume OF smoke peculiarly alarming and
annoying to the grasshoppers caused
rnyriads of the pcstiferous insects to fly
from his place over onto the property
of DurlSin and there ruin Durkins crop,
but that without tho aid OF the pungent
smoke the thousands Of insects would
not ordinarily have been alarmed suffi-
GENTLY to negotiate the water width Of
the Hangman River, al that point about
200 feet in width.
Phillips was a small truck farmer
from Ohio and had a little place on
the east bank OF Hangman River. about
eleven miles upstream from Spokane
and was enga rcd in growing lettuce,
watcrcress, bullfrogs. diamond back ter
rapln and mushrooms for Spokane and
Seattle restaurants.
in the summer OF 1899 a great swarm
Of grasshoppcrs came from the direction
OF Idaho and lighted upon Phlllips's
acre Of lettuce and also upon the water
cress. What he used In his smudge FIRE
was not disclosed, but the grasshopper
army crossed in hurry to the west side
OF the river and fell upon the three acres
OF string beans owned by Durkln and
made 4 clean sweep OF the acreage be-
fore Durkin's ncighbor, hog raiser
named Cahill, succeeded in herdng some
hundreds of turkeys owned by a farmer
near the little town of Paradise. just TO
the westward, turkeys in sufficient mum
hers being n sure fro remover Of grass
hoppers.
During the planting season next year,
the feud continuing, Dursin, claiming to
be shooting at gopher in his bean
land. killed two OF Phillips's ducks and
fatally wounded Phillips. who, his back
turned and Off his guard, was leaning
over and planting lettuce seed on his
side of tho river. Cahill later appeared
as complaining witness against Durlin
IN the murder trial. angered because
DurlSin and tho owner OF the turkeys
refused TO give him cash commission
for tho FREQ turkey food. Durlxin, j
think. was later lynched by friends or
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
AMERICANS COMING
HOME ON THE BALTIC
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. F. Choate Sd
Are Among the Passengers.

Special Cable to THE NEW York HERALD.
Copyright, 1891, by THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
London. Aug. IL.
Booked for passage from Liverpool 70
New York aboard the steamship Baltic
Of the White Star Line. leaving Liver
pool Saturday. are Walter p. Barclay,
Robert w. Bingham. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles +. Choate Sd and family, G. T..
and Mrs. T. Couperthwaite. Mrs. Robert
II. Dunlap, Mark Monash, John w.
Stewart and William L. Ward.
Several members OF the Canadian
delegation to tie British Empire con-
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
Cook Cost $40 More.
Another HOusekeeper Finds Wages
OF Servants Still High.

To THE New York HERALD: should
be most thankful TO your correspondent
"Denation" II she would explain how
she got the same number OF servants
this year for 5000 a month to whom
she paid s4O0 last year.
Owing TO the Illness Of one OF my
help ! had 70 change three months ago
and at no employment Office that
went to could l procure a cook for what
| paid last year. had. IN fact. to pay
$40 more. ANOTHER HousEKEEPER.
STAMFORD, Conn, August III.
The New York herald., 1921-08-12

ference left Liverpool aboard the steam
ship Empress Of Britain of the Canadian
Pacific Line to-day for Quebec. Among
them were the Right Hon. Justice Ly-
man Duff. p. c.. and the Hon. Hugh
Guthrie. Minister OF Militia and De-
fence. and family. Other passengers
aboard the Empress of Britain were
Canon and Mrs. w. II. Carnegie OF Lon
don.
Leaving Liverpool aboard the steam
ship Melita of the Canadian Pacific
line for Quebec tomorrow will be Sir
William ]. Pope, president OF the Society
for Chemical Industry, and several of
his colleagues. who will tour Canada
and the United States and attend the
forthcoming annual meeting OF their
society in Montreal
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
Discovering Duncan Machines.

1t must be source Of considerable
amusement to Chief Accountant DUN
CAN MACHINES as he labors in the
Finance Department Of the city OF
New York and while he takes his
pleasure on the golf links and in
numerous rational and well regulated
social associations to find that Mayor
HyLAN, by the testimony he has given
before the Meyer committee, has fixed
him in the popular imagination as a
one sided mathematical sharp with
intellectuals receptive only to figures
and calculations. Mr.. MACHINES pos
sesses a pawky wit; he Is thor
oughly normal gentleman, attractive
as to personality, responsive to all
the stimuli to which other normal
human beings respond.
Yet it is true that Mr.. MACHINES
is of a category of public servants
with which the electorate at large is
less familiar than, for it's own good,
it should be. He is one-a conspicu-
Gus and highly placed unit, to be sure
of the thousands of men in the gov
ernment service-Federal, State and
city--who do not consider their tasks
merely political but look on their
calling as profession. They give
their best in their Offices, scorning to
shirk, incapable Of deceit, unmoved
by political and partisan exigencies
and expediencies. They stay on the
job through administration after adj
ministration, regardless Of civil SER
vice protection. They do the pick
and spade work Of snowy elected Off
cials, whose ignorance, alterations
and inconsistencies sometimes fill
them with wonder, for only infre-
quently is the power of attracting
votes combined with the art OF fasci-
mating voters. They keep the machin-
cry running, furnish the ammunition
for intelligent attacks on abuses
and wrong practices, and have their
reward in the confidence of every
body who knows how government in
it's working clothes is managed and
the consciousness that they are per-
forming professional duties with
credit to themselves and to the ad-
vantage of the community.
OF such men this town has had
many notable examples. SToRRs and
LEvEY in the Finance Department.
CAMPBELL in the Corporation Coun-
sells Office, PuRDY of Tax Department
fame, HAAG in the Board of Es-
innate, come Immediately to mind.
Some Of them are well paid, as pay
in public Office goes; some OF them
are ridiculously underpaid according
to any standard which takes into ac-
count the importance of their obli-
cations and the fidelity Of their SER
vices. Occasionally one Of them is
projected into popular view. Too
often when this occurs distorted
picture is thrown on the screen OF
public understanding, as in the case
of Mr.. MACHINES, and citizens gen.
orally get the idea that their most
useful functionaries are strange be-
ings lacking the usual attractions of
ordinary men, and somehow to be
studied as specimens apart from
everyday life.
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
Europe's Currency Problem.


j. LEONARD REpLoGLE, who served
with the War Industries Board in the
war, put his finger on the very core
of Europes currency problem when he
returned the other day from a tour
of investigation which took him
through several countries Of the Con-
tinent. Since his trip abroad last
year the unpegging of the foreign
exchanges and the restriction of
credits from this country have caused
wild fluctuations in the quotations
on foreign money. From one day to
the next there is no telling what the
units OF European currency will be
worth, and Mr.. REPLoGLE found, par
ticularly in Poland and Austria, that
even in domestic trade it had been
necessary to resort to barter because
those who had goods to sell would
not take paper money in payment.
Our trade figures and the English
trade figures for the month OF July
show how this unsettled condition Of
European money is reflected in world
commerce. Our exports for July
we're 1922, 100000, only about half the
1851 100000 for July, 1920. Our i'm
ports were only S17S ZOO, 900, com
pared with $537, 100000 year before.
England's total exports for July were
f52 100000, only about one-third the
f155 100000 for July, 1920, and her
imports were fS0,760,000, compared
with f163,342, 900 in July year ago.
After allowing for % per cent. re-
duction in prices, the July figures in
dicate falling off In the actual vol
ume of our exports and imports
amounting to 43 per cent. and in the
total English trade of A per cent.
The Withholding of credits would
not have checked active trade If
there had been any other way to
keep values steady which would have
permitted a free forward buying
movement. But, when, as Mr.. Rep
LoGLE himself witnessed in Vienna,
the Austrian crown drops from $50
to 1000 to the dollar within a few
days, and when, as has been seen
here recently, the English pound
drops eight cents in one day and
rises eleven cents in another, the
trader who might otherwise buy and
sell merchandise and keep up activ-
ity can only avoid being whipsawed
by doing no business at all or limit
ing his business to immediate needs
where the loss can be shifted to the
consumer.
We see these wild fluctuations in
exchange chiefly as an evil affecting
the countries which are flooded with
paper money. But every change in
foreign money values in New York is
instantly accompanied by change
in the value OF the dollar in those
foreign countries. What makes un-
stable foreign currency unattractive
for trade uses by American mer.
chants makes our currency equally
hazardous for foreign merchants.
The War Industries Board, where
Mr.. REPLoGLE supervised the iron
and steel division, found that It
could promote war production only
by stabilizing prices. The need for
natural method OF stabilizing Eu-
ropean currencies to promote peace
trade is equally urgent. The eco
nomic and political benefits which
would result from such stability
would 90 far beyond tho immediate
improvement in trade expressible in
specific figures.
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
What Is Orangeade /?

DR.. Ia WALL, the Pennsylvania
state chemist and dean OF the Phila.
delphia College Of Pharmacy, has
been analyzing many specimens OF
commercial orangeade collected by
inspectors at stands in Philadelphia
and elsewhere. The result is not en-.
couraging to consumer or vender. lie
finds that much OF orangeade OF com.
merce is not orangeade at all. at is a
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
D ally Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New Yorl.-Showers and
probably thunderstorms to-day; to-mor-
row probably fair moderate to fresh
southwest winds becoming variable.
For New Jersey-unsettled to-day. prob
ably local thunder showers; tomorrow partly
cloudy, not much change TN temperature:
moderate to fresh south and southwest winds
becoming variable.
For Northern New England Showers TO.
day; Tomorrow fair, moderate temperature:
moderate south and southwest winds becon-
Ing variable.
For southern New Eneland--showers and
probably thunderstorms to-day. tomorrow
probably fair, moderate temperature: moder-
variable.
For Western New York-Cloudy to-day:
to-morrow probably showers little charge In
temperatures moderate westerly winds be-
coming variable.
!. WASHINGTON Aug. 1T.--pressure con-
tinued high to-day Over The southeastern
states and off the Atlantic coast, and IL
was hish and rising over the upper lake
plains states and the Northwest Pressure
was relatively low from the st. Lawrence
aasey a southwestward to the Rio Grande
ana from Arizona northwestward over the
plateau region and the interior of the Pacific
states. rms pressure distribution has been
attended by showers and thunderstorms
lake region, the great central valleys and
oklahoma, and scattered thundershowers in
the south Atlantic and east Gulf States and
the Rocky Mountain region. There were no
important changes to-day
The outlook is for local thundershowers
r es atlantic and ,s stass s the Ohio Valley
and In the Southern States Mostly fair
weather Is probable In northern sections
east OF the Mississippi River Saturday. The
temperature changes will be slight as rule.
Observations at United States Weather Blu.
reau stations taken at p. NJ. yesterday
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
SWISS ENVOY DEPLORES
NATIONS LACK OF GOLF
No Room for Courses There,
He Regrets,

Special Despatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
CHICAGO. Aug. 11.-There's one coun-
try without its duffers--Switzerland. In
every other country the natives enjoy a
sport the Swiss may never know
The game is golf And Switzerlands s
sorrow was brought to Chicago to-day
with tho arrival of Maere Peter, Swiss
Minister to the United States. who
paused here en- route to the Pacific
coast.
american athletic games impress me
as one of the finest features of American
life," he said. Golf, in particular. is
a great sport Unfortunately in Switzer-
land we haven't any room for golf
courses"
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
Helping Philippine Exports.

From La Vdnoudrdi1 Of Mdniiu
The haphazard way of grading Philip.
pine hemp and mixing of other similar
fibres with IL which are Of inferior quail
ity are two Of the main reasons, apart
from the market price, why this princl-
pal product OF ours has been losing
ground abroad. Let its grading be
made carefully and its expectation viii
have TO be limited by force. thus bet
ter prices being assured. Restriction
through selection Is the only way TO OBJ
tain good prices when conditions return
10 normal.
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
AMERICANS IN PARIS.

Special Correspondence to TIE NEW YORK
HERALD.
PARIS, July 2S.-The following Ameri-
cans are registered at the office Of The
Ncto York Herald OF Paris:
From New York--Mrs. w. w. Benja-
min. Miss Lucy Benjamin, w. Wallace
Benjamin. William III. Lyon. Nine. A.
Villa, Miss Catharine Montgomery and
Mrs Samuel W. Bovine
From other places--Mrs. J. S. Perry,
Miss Celeste Perry and ]. S. Perry,
Washington, d. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. William II. Livingston,
Philadelphia.
Dr. Francis T.. Rollins, Chicago
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
Lac Echo After Sunset.

From the Montreal DAILY star.
Calm. placid Lac Echo,
Serene In her majesty.
Lighted by moonlight beams
And gllmmerlngs Of day,
Silent and beautiful,
Like dark eye In woman.
No sound Yet It seems
A noiseiess sound Is heard
Savo grasshopper's chirp,
Cowbells tinkllngs,
And whippoorwill's good night.
ARCH. ~ NEWMAN
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
OWEN WISTER RETURNING.
Novelist Among Those Leaving
Paris for New York.

Special Gable to THE NEW York HERALD.
Copyright, 1921 by THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris, Aug. IL.
Among those leaving tomorrow from
Cherbourg on the steamship Finland Of
the Red Star Line will be Owen Wister.
novelist. of Philadelphia; DIR. and Mrs
Hugh Young of Baltimore and Miss
Jeanne Elizabeth Chaffee of Glen Ridge,
N. J.
Mr.. and Mrs. Egbert A. Jurgenson and
DR.. Urbanek Of the Rockefeller Founda-
tion left to-day on the United States
Mail liner America.
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
Missouri Thrift.
From nc Windsor hc,iem.

From nc Windsor hc,iem.
How easy y is to save money in small
amountsi Mrs II. =. Maddox recently
prousht 70 ~ Dorado Springs haif bushel
of nickels she had saved in ,hc ,as, sa..'
years. They were all buffalo njcto,s ~
Several years ago she started saving h,eta1.
nlckels that came her way in n stora sho
ana her husband operated when sho
brought them 70 town finally they Nctshod
eleven pounds and amounted TO nearly SION
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Meeting. Executive Committee. New York
State Department, American Legion, TO con-
slider protests against employment Of w. n
Lane, Socialist. by the Meyer Committee,
Hall OF Records.
Meeting, Brotherhood Railroad Sicnalmeu
Of America, Hotel Commodore. 80 A. M.
and p. NJ -
Convention, International Association ot
Masters OF Dancing. Hotel McAlpin. forenoon
and afternoon.
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
BY Way Of Consolation.

Be full of courage all your years,
Do cheerfully what is to do.
And when the spectre, Death. appears
Let it have terrors none for YOU.
You die but once. so be serene;
Do not give way to tear or sigh.
Suppose, like many on the screen,
A thousand times you had to die
NATHAN M. LEVY.
The New York herald., 1921-08-12

1t was hard luck for Town Marshal
CoNGDoN of Antioch on the waukegan
turnpike to lose his job; but, on the
other hand. the lucky fellow had long
enjoyed a splendid privilege--he never
heard of WILLIAM j. BRYAN.
The New York herald., 1921-08-12

THn New YORK HERALD was founded by
James Gordon Bennett in 1885. 1t remained
the sole property of its founder until his
death. in 1872, when his son, also James
Of the paper, which remained in his hands
until his death, in 1918. THE HERALD be-
came the property or Frank A. Munsey, its
present owner. in 1920.
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
An Arkansas Summer nay.

TAILOR correspondence Magnolia Ne,cs.
Whenever you como to town and find
everybody gone Just wait n few minutes.
They WIN soon begin 10 return from fishing
on Bodcaw
The New York herald., 1921-08-12

Tho Associated Press IL exclusively entitled
10 tho use for republication OF all news des-
patches credited TO II or not otherwise
credited IN this paper. and also the local
news published herein.
All rights OF republication OF special dos
patches herein are also reserved.
The New York herald., 1921-08-12

Phillips on the east side of the river.
although a good deal of mystery ever
since has attached TO his disappearance.
CYRUS b. NOBLE.
New YORK, August II.
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
Kansas woman's Vocational su..,,,r,s

From the Eidorddo Times.
An Eldorado woman soJourning In tho
rockies this summer sends an affectionate
'e.ter to VIC Times editor with this: "God
bless Eldorado until get back"
The New York herald., 1921-08-12

Hylan sympathizers all but staged
pitched battles at the close Of the fore
noon session of the Meyer committees
investigation to-day. and JOHN p. SIN
MOTT, the Mayors secretary. was pushed
In the face by an ardent anti-Hylanite.
THE SUN.
And election day three months away!
The New York herald., 1921-08-12

Apparently the Lenine theory IS
that communism can run a country
successfully if capitalism provides the
food TO relieve the famines communism
produces.
The New York herald., 1921-08-12

Some railroads are compelling COM
muters to put their pictures on their
tickets, and the photographers have
a hard time to make the commuters
look pleasant.
The New York herald., 1921-08-12

Highest temperature, 81, at 12:45 r. NJ.
Lowest temperature, CO. at 80 A. NJ
Average temperature, "a.
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.

The temperature in this city yesterday as
recorded by the official Thermometer, Is
The New York herald., 1921-08-12

Directors and officers: Frank A. Munsey
President; Erwin Wardman, Nice-Presidsnt
VIM. T. Dewart, Treasurer; II. II. Ttther-
ington. Secretary.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-09-01
THOMAS H. HART
GOES TO HIS REWARD

AS the Daily Register goes to
press news comes of the death of
Mr.. Thomas II. Hart, who passed
away Thursday afternoon at 3
o'clock at the home Of his daugh-
ter Mrs. James West, on Smith
Ballard street. He was IS years
of age, and has been citizen OF
Richmond a number Of years,
having moved here from Cynthi-
ana. Surviving him are his wife.
four daughters, Mrs. Richard
Barlow, Calf, Mesdames III. l..
Perry. James West, Henry White
OF this city, and two sons, Clyde
Hart of Louisville, and Cecil
Hart, of California.
Funeral services viii be held at
the grave Friday afternoon at 4
O'Clock by DR.. r. l.. Telford The
pallbearers will be James l.. West
Henry White, II. l.. Perry, Clyde
Hart, Hart Perry and Ballard
Million.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-09-01
GIRLS SEE KY. HILLS
FROM HORSE BACK

Equipped with attractive khaki
riding habits and astride a couple
of handsome walking horses.
Misses Natalie Woodruff, of Lex
ington, and Florence Miller, of
Michigan, passed through Rich
mond on their way to Manchester
Clay county. The planned to
ride leisurely and see the pictur-
esque Kentucky mountain coun-
try from horseback-which is the
best way to really appreciate it.
Their first stop was at Richmond,
where they spent Saturday night.
The next stage of their journey
took them to the foot of Big Hill.
wherc they were Hospitality en-
tertained by M. J. Carrier and
family over night. They expected
to reach Manchester by Tuesday,
and after resting. will return to
Lexington over the route they
first traversed.