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The New York herald., 1921-03-19
Irwin Pile, Pioneer.
The Sole Survivor Of the First Over
land Wagon Mail.

To THE New YORK HERALD: After
long and careful search and extensive
correspondence l have been able to find
only one living man who was employed
In the very first organized wagon mall
service between the Missouri River and
California. This is Irwin Pile of SOM
erset, Pennsylvania, born May 8. 1881,
and now in feeble health but still pos
sessed of rctentive memory and able
TO give interesting "reminiscences.
Pile in 1S49 made his way from Som
erset county to Pittsburgh. whence he
took the long water route via the Ohio
Mississippi and Missouri rivers to Inde-
pendence, Missouri. At Independence he
and two companions, neither now living.
secured a covered wagon and continued
overland to Utah and thence into Cali
fornia. After experiencing the d'sap-
pointments met by most Of the gold
seekers he entered the first organized
mail service, driving for George Choir
penning. a native OF Pennsylvania who
held the contract for the mails between
Sacramento and Salt Lake City.
This was prior to the establishment
OF the Pony Express and not later. as
Is usually supposed. Through the COOP
Grafton OF Captain william g. Schrock.
himself one OF the pioneers mentioned
in my communication TO THE NEW YORK
HERALD Of December 80 520, Mr.. Pile
has recently been interviewed and his
"reminiscences appeared as the leading
article In the Standard OF Somerset,
Pennsylvania. on March 10. 1921.
VIII Reader" whose communication
OF March referred to the late Matthew
Cullen OF Salt Lake City, Utah, favor
the writer with his name and address?
ROBERT BRUCE.
CLINTON. Oneida County, March Is.
The New York herald., 1921-03-19
Clipper Ship Records.
The Fastest Transatlantic Trip Cred
tied to the Red Jacket.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Your
correspondent Henry M. Tod is certainly
mistaken with regard to the alleged pas
Hook to the mouth of the Mersey in
about eleven days.
The Dreadnaught made from seventy
to eighty passages across the Atlantic
during the ten years she was COM
manded by Captain Samuels. and her
best run as recorded in The Clipper
Ship Era" by Captain Arthur Fl. Clark
was 13 days hours from Sandy Hook
to the Northwest Lightship. 3,o1S miles.
during the months OF February and
March, 1859.
While this was no doubt n very good
passage, the record Of the Red Jacket,
Captain Asa Eldridge. from Sandy Hook
to the Rock Light in 10 days / hour in
1854. has never been equalled.
The Flying Cloud made two passages
between San Francisco and New York
in SO days in 1851 and 1854. The An
drew jackson in 1860 made a passage
In 80 days.
The Surprise. Swordfish. Flying Fish,
Contest, John Gilpin, Witchcraft. Ante
lope and Sweepstakes all made fast
passages between San Francisco and
New York. but the record of 80 days,
made by the Flying Cloud and Andrew
Jackson. has never been broken by a
windjammer.
The records OF clipper ships. their cap
tains and passages, as compiled In "The
Clipper Ship Era" are. no doubt, the
only available statistics upon this very
Interesting subject n. +. BECKER.
HoIIrs March 12
The New York herald., 1921-03-19
A Roe ode.

The caption on the bill OF fare
Is roe-"shad roe! 'Tis caviare
TO me, however; In despair
/ turn my pocket.
can recall a golden day
When March's monaker was gay"
And who bounded down the way
Was Fortunes locket!
can recall tn impatient wait,
And then at last the sizzling plate.
The piquant lemon, and the state
or crescent roe thing.
Roe. brothers, roe was my delight,
And often IN the stilly night
I start from ancient dreams and bite
On airy nothing.
All, well, II / should have my wish
And SAVIOR once again the dish
Extracted from the king of fish,
l might but palter.
might, as have said. and yet
Ic chance should favor and get
A roe hold any time get set
And watch me falter!
MAURICE MORRIS.
The New York herald., 1921-03-19
How Long Would You Live?

When II was announced the other
day that DR.. ALEXIS CARREL had kept
alive for nine years Il piece Of con-
nective tissue from a chickens heart
one OF Or. CARREL's colleagues in the
Rockefeller Institute expressed hope
that laymen would not set too much
store BY the experiment. He feared
Tint the public might take 1t for
granted that IL life could thus be
preserved artifcially against the raw
ages Of time for m indefinite period
the days OF man might be forever
heightened.
But is there really Gny such desire
ir the mind Of the normal human?
OF course 1t Is true that men always
have tried TO keep themselves alive.
"All men fear DEATH" said the neon
trovertible old Greek. They fear what
Is inevitable as well as unknown. But
IL science could postpone death in
definitely living would become lnevi-
table and It's phases more uncertain
than they are to-day.
More than one fiction writer has
played with the discovery Of eternal
youth. The effect upon the charnc-
ters has usually been the samoan
eventual dread Of earthly life without
nm end One novelist found his char
acters too full of human frailty to
stand the strain. Their rich old
The New York herald., 1921-03-19
The American Tongue.
Evidence That 1t Is Different
Language From the English.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Your
correspondent Claude Walter Cullen in
his contention that America has It's own
language Is undoubtedly correct.
The language spoken in America is OF
a composite nature, made up largely OF
words borrowed from French, Latin,
Greek and English. Our methods of ex-
pressing our ideas in both writing and
speaking have so materially changed
that we are justified In laying claim to
language Of our own. The many va
rieties OF expression ingrafted upon our
language In different localities: the in
PRODUCTION of idloms now sanctioned by
usage; infections. definitions, syntax,
vocabulary, pronunciation, new knowl-
edge, altered conceptions are largely
responsible for the change.
We Americans frequently use words
different from those used by the English
tc express the same idea For instance:
The New York herald., 1921-03-19
galanrlaaiy Humane.

There seems to be a lack of imagi-
nation behind the humane death bill
which has just passed both houses Of
the Nevada Legislature and when the
Governor says he Will sign. The In
tention is no doubt merciful, but ut
least In some cases the measure may
cause mental torture altogether tran
scending the physical suffering which
attends the old fashioned methods of
execution.
According to the new plan the
condemned prisoner will be confined
In a cell which can be made gas
proof. Then, at some time unknown
to him and while he sleeps, a lethal
gas will be poured into the cell so
that he shall never awaken. The
question, in view of such conditions,
at once arises: Would the doomed
man ever sleep2 Faced with the
dread that any given slumber might
be his last, could he ever so compose
himself as to lose consciousness? And
If through fatigue he should slip off
into a doze what nightmare horrors
would haunt his uneasy brain
There is a strange misapprehension
running through all efforts to ameli-
crate the death penalty. Death may
be robbed Of some of its physical
pang, but Its mysterious terror can
not be eliminated; the more uncer-
tain 1t is made In face of near GER
tainty, the more narrowing, the more
inescapable Is the dread 1t inspires.
Under the prospective Nevada sys-
TEN 1t seems probable the sanity Of
the average victim might give way
unless the gas be administered within
a few hours after the final Judgment.
But after all, If the Nevada plan
should be as pleasant as 1t Is de-
signed to be, should death to the
murderer be robbed Of all It's terrors?
The New York herald., 1921-03-19
SATURDAY, MARCH 10. 1921.
lmpudence of the Hyphenate.

Under some misapprehension aS to
American institutions. laws. manners
and customs n Mr. JOHN +. HARRIGAN
or Boston apparently became pos
sessed of the notion that he was
Commander in Chief Of the military
forces of the United States. He or
dered the army and navy commanding
officers In and around Boston to pa
rude their men in a demonstration
designed for foreign political effect;
but because of the before mentioned
American institutions and laws, to-
gether with the rules and regulations
governing the army ana navy Of the
United States, those commanding
officers declined to recognize the au-
thority of Mr.. HARRIGAN.
Then Mr.. HARRIGAN with a tact as
perfect as his transcendent modesty
demanded of the President of the
United States the revocation of the
orders of the General and the Ad
miral who had refused to parade
their forces at the decree of Mr..
HARRIGAN. He also demanded to
know Of the Chief Executive of the
nation whether these United States
military forces We're under satellites
OF foreign Governments"
Mr.. HARRIGAN thereupon got this
very calm and very polite but en-
tirely conclusive reply from the seat
of Government OF the United States
over the signature of the secretary
10 the Chief Executive of the ma
ton:
Army and navy commanders have
the authority to direct the forces
under their command. The Govern
ment raises no issue about the fit-
ness OF your celebration OF Evacua-
ton Day, and the spirit Of st. Pat
ricks Day is felt throughout the
country; but the naval and military
forces OF the nation can have no
part in any demonstration which
may be construed as influencing the
foreign relations Of the Republic"
And now Mr.. HARRIeAN knows that
he is not the Commander in Chief of
the military forces of the United
States. He knows who is. Mr.. HAIR
luGAN also knows, upon trustworthy
information from the Chief Executive
Of the nation, that the military forces
of the United States are not play
things for anybody's foreign politics
but are in the service Of simon pure
Americanlsm. 1t will be we'll for
other impudent hyphenates anywhere
in this American country to take to
heart the American lesson which has
come so fittingly to Mr.. HARRIGAS Of
Boston.
The New York herald., 1921-03-19
A Painter Who Didn't Starve.

The estate left BY ASDERs ZoRN. the
Swedish artist, who was a frequent
exhibitor at art displays in America
since his first exhibition at the
Worlds Fair, Chicago, and whose
paintings and etchings have found
many purchasers in this country, is
appraised at $97S, ,4S2, according to the
Mora Tidning of his native Stock
holm. ZoRN was Of peasant birth
and he started on his career with
little more than a sturdy body and a
belief that there was no good reason
why an artist should not be rich.
That he could accumulate a fortune
Of almost million dollars. however.
is entirely at variance with the popu-
larly accepted idea Of an artists
money making capabilities.
The rewards of artists careers
have differed apparently quite as
widely as have the returns from the
labors of men In most other walks
Of life. We find that VAN DYcK
anna ssed fortune while REMBRANDT,
according to contemporary report,
died In poverty. VELAsoUEz lived
in the enjoyment OF court favor and
received large prices for his work.
while MURILLo left scarcely enough
for his funera! expenses RUBENs
was reported to have died rich. TUR-
NER, who was accused Of extreme
miserliness, left large fortune.
In modern times ALMA-TADEMA had
home which was one Of the ar
tistic show places Of London. WHIST.
LER was often pressed by credi-
tors and left little except his art
treasures. Few of the Barbizon paint
ers were rich, but none was poor. and
many artists OF the French school that
followed them became wealthy.
Many American artists have been
financially successful, though the re-
ward of none of them was so con-
siderable as that of ZoRN. In fact,
many painters Of acknowledged abil-
ity and skill are finding to-day a
ready and profitable sale for their
canyases, and are finding, too, that
the path to success as an artist Is
easier than 1t was generation ago.
Money Is in fashion to-day in ar
tistic circles; while not the painters
only reward or his measure of sue
cess, 1t Is no longer to be scorned
as dross.
The New York herald., 1921-03-19
Our Far Eastern Policy.

Neither President HARDING nor any
body else need offer apologies for the
plans to improve the naval patrol Of
the Pacific and the provision Of stra-
tegic bases and adequate police forces
on the islands between our western
coast and our Philippine possessions.
1t is Of course impossible to ignore
Japan's feelings In the matter. Her
position In the Pacific makes 1t i'm
perative for her to keep informed on
what we are doing. Above all, 1t Is
preeminently necessary that our mo-
tives be properly understood not only
by Japan but by ourselves.
Our trade with the Orient, includ-
ing Asia and Oceania, has increased
since 1913 from $523,0O0,0OO to
S2,519,OOO,OOO in 1920. 1t is just as
necessary to provide an adequate
patrolling and protective force for a
commerce Of that size as It is to pro-
vide police force for large city.
Apart from all the peculiar consid-
erations which are interviewer with
our political relations in the Orient,
or anywhere else for that matter, the
quickest and surest way for US to
invite trouble would be to extend
prodigiously our commercial and
financial interests to regions four or
five thousand miles distant without
taking any steps to protect those In
terests.
The New York herald., 1921-03-19
Budding Monte Carlos.

The historic palace of Sch0nbrunn,
once the summer residence of the
Austrian Emperors and for some time
the temporary home of NAPOLEON l.,
is to be turned into a gambling place,
cne of the finest and most luxurious
OF central Europe, according to a
report from Vienna. The President
Of the Council Of Meidling, the dis
trict in which Sch5nbrunn is included,
says that negotiations for the sale of
the palace 10 n foreign consortium
have been pending for some time, but
that he hopes TO save much Of the
magnificent palace gardens as public
park.
In his letters Mr.. ROOSEVELT left US
extremely interesting descriptions OF
imperial Hapsburg life at this great
palace when he was entertained there
upon his return from Africa. Sch0n-
brunn Is a palace full of history and
tradition, about 1t abound reminis-
cences OF the crafty METTERNIcH and
of Hapsburg plots and diplomacy and
Of the upbuilding Of the Central EN-
pire. There one OF the great treaties
Of the Napoleonic war was signed and
there were held the meetings OF the
congress which produced the Treaty
OF Vienna.
Il was the favorite home OF MARIA
THERESA. NAPoLEoN's son, the Duke
Of REIcHsTADT, was kept there virtu-
ally n prisoner much of his life and
he died In the room which his father
had occupied during his stay at
Sch6nbrunn. 1t would be difficult to
find a palace with n more interesting
background or to find one that might
be more easily converted into great
gaming resort. 1t has in al about
1900 rooms, some OF them immense
assembly rooms hung with ricl amt
ing and tapestries, and, an equip-
ment which would appeal to the epi-
curean patron, no fewer than 140
kitchens.
Sch6nbrunn is the most important
of the palaces which, according to
more or less authoritative reports, are
to be converted into gaming resorts
This disposition Of properties inher-
tied from former regime seems TO be
the one which most often appealed to
the new and impoverished govern
ments upon assuming control Of af.
fairs. Bavaria was not long ago dis
cussing this use Of the castle of the
mad King LUDWIG on an island In
the Chiemsee and Baden was plan
ming the restoration of the gaming
table to Baden-Baden. One Of the
schemes proposed to the Greek Gov
ernment for building up the treasury
was the establishment Of luxurious
gaming resorts on one Of the Fgean
islands. Similar plans We're suggested
for the development Of islands on the
Albanian and Dalmatian coasts. I,
The New York herald., 1921-03-19
Toscanini Gives Farewell Concert
Enthusiastic Audience Hears La Scala Orchestra in
an All Italian Programme.

most attractive features or the perform
ance. Albert Wolff conducted. and not
the least agreeable element in the opera
was the excellent playing OF the or
chestra~
Major Count Nils Bonde. Military
Attache of the Swedish Legation. Coun-
tess Bonde and Miss Eckstron. sister of
the Countess. attended the performance
as guests In Box IL of Mr.. James u.
clews. whose other guests included Mr..
and Mrs. Phoenix Ingraham. Count and
Countess Bonde and Miss Eckstrom will
start soon for California and pass some
time at Pasadena.
Mr.. and Mrs. Iswalski and Mrs. Min
turn Pinchot were in Box with Mr.. and
Mrs. Nelson O'Shaughnessy.
Princess Cantacuzene-Speran was
a guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry White in
Box IT. Mr.. and Mrs. Royal Phelps
Carroll were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward J. Berwind in Box 23.
The party with Mrs. Frederick Pear
son in Box included Mr.. and Mrs. +.
llgerton Webb, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Sergeant
Cram and Mr.. William Rhinelander
Stewart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis de r. Wissmann.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Iselin and Mr.. and
MIS-. AnseI fneipS were III Dun 10. HAi. +.
and Mrs. Seymour L. Cromwell and Ms.
Henry Worthington Bull were in Box II.
Others present were Mrs. William
Cameron Sproul. wife OF the Governor
of Pennsylvania, and Mesors. James
Sheldon and George De Witt. who were
the guests of Mrs. William Lowe Rice in
Box 13. and Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Iselin
I'd, Count and Countess Salm Hoog-
straeten. Mr.. and Mrs Edison Bradley,
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin B. Laughlin and
Mrs. II. Casimir de Rham.
The New York herald., 1921-03-19
$1,000 FOR KASHAN CARPET.
Total for Two Days Sale az An
tique Oriental Rugs Sy2,0o0.

The second session yesterday after
noon at the American Art Galleries III
the notable sale OF 450 antique Oriental
rugs from the All AshraR Soultanofi
collection attracted a large gathering OF
connoisseurs and collectors. and bidding
throughout the afternoon was spirited.
The total bids for the day amounted to
S31.915. and the grand total for the
first two days OF the sale was s52.005.
The flnal session In the sale takes place
this afternoon.
A beautiful Kashan carpet. 1s fees
10 inches long by 10 feet wide. brought
the top price of the afternoon, selling
to @. Ormond for s1,s00. A Kahn Kara
bagh Triciinium carpet. 81 feet inches
long by feet inches wide. took sec
ond honors by going to George Ke.esy
for $f,075. A splendid antique Feraghan
carpet, with seven borders, was pur-
chased by o. S. Berberyan for $3.50. and
a Mir Saraband carpet sold to II. New
bold for s735.
The New York herald., 1921-03-19

Disclosure Of the fact that policy is
being played in this city
again on a considerable scale offers an
opportunity for the police to do a good
piece OF work in hurry hy putting
an end to It. Since Captain +. NoRroN
GoDpARD made his historic and highly
successful fight against this mean
scheme for robbing the poor OF even
their pennies the city has been rea-
sonably free from policy playing, and
nobody who has the public welfare In
mind wants to see the game revived.
The New York herald., 1921-03-19

source Of revenue dependable in lean
rs we'll as In fat years. for II would
depend on the multitude of sales and
purchases among all classes, trans
actions which go on in times of de-
preston as IN times of business ac-
tivity. 1t would not be without It's
problems Of administration, but these
would not be anything like as be-
wilderlng as those under the present
system.
Congress should not delay the enact
ment of the sales tax and the eN-
tinction OF the unsound supertaNes,
which defeat their own purposes.
The New York herald., 1921-03-19
Income Tax Receipts Fall.

Unless Congress gets on the job of
providing national revenue the Treas
ury will soon be strapped. In spite
Of the larger number Of individual
income tax payers this year the re-
turns indicate that S60O,O0o,OO0 is the
limit of receipts from combined In
come and profits taxes expected by
the Government from payments for
receipts should be s1O0.O00,00O more
than the estimate the total would
still be far below the payments Of
March 10 last year and the year
before.
The drop In tax receipts is In line
with expectations. Federal income
and profits taxes, once the mainstay
Of the Treasury. were unsound In
principle in that their continued high
yield was contingent on the main
tenance of war prosperity in peace
times. No sooner did the war boom
begin TO fade than the Federal tax
receipts from lmposts on individual
and corporation incomes began 10
decline.
BY one device or another the Fed
eral Treasury will be able this year
10 pull through until the end Of the
fiscal year in June, although II will
be necessary to continue the harmful
practice Of shovelllng out Treasury
bills to make up the deficits IN tax
revenue. BY next year the chance
VI obtaining running expenses for the
Government out Of the excess profits
~ ccr.-ss- a.,cns or the incomes OF in
dividuals will have become hopeless.
A new method Of taxation must be
found, and there Is only one In pres
ent conditions that will turn the
trick.
The sales tax has the virtue Of a
levy on expended income. leaving
savings 10 be renvested In produc-
tive industry, to Increase prosperity
and earn more income which can he
taxed. II also would provide a stable
The New York herald., 1921-03-19

Arturo Toscanni and La Scala Or
chestra. having returned after long
tour. gave Il farewell concert in Carnegie
Hall yesterday afternoon. The pro-
gramme consisted of Italian compost
tons. They were Snigaglia's celightrui
overture. 10 Barutle Chiozotte"; /; suite
by Pizzetti. written for D'Annunzio's 8
tragedy, La Pisanella"; nocturne and
novelette, by Martucci. Respights La
Ballata dele Gnomidi." the intermezzo
from Adriano Lualdis opera LA Figlia
del Re-: q serenade by Tommasini, Pick
Mangiagalli's "Rondo FantaStico," and
Sabata's "Juventus."
Some OF this music aroused wonder.
Respighi, who wrote the beautiful
Fountains OF Rome" suffered a severe
attack or modernism when he composed
the ballata heard yesterday. Such a
conglomeration of ugliness and noise Is
rarely heard 1t cannot be possible that
Italians like this sort OF thing. II they
DO. they are preparing to part with their
birthright for 4 mess OF pottage, and
mighty poor pottage at that.
Mr.. Toscanini conducted all the COM
positions with his visible signs OF enthu-
siasm. What he actually thought of
some of them will probably never be
known. Tho orchestra played just as
well as II had on previous occasions.
The audience was not large. but 1t was
well supplied with men OF powerful voice
who could shout Bravo" so as to make
the rafters ring.
During the intermission q delegation
Of the Lega Musicale ltaliana. with
Alberto Bimboni at it's head, walked
upon the stage to present Mr.. Toscanini
with handsome baton elaborately
wrought In silver, platinum and gold.
1t took two attempts on the part of the
delegation to hold the conductor. pro-
difiident, long enough to make
the presentation speeches. Finally Mr..
Toscanini remained. Then the audience
jumped to it's feet in a tumultuous
patriotic outburst when Mr.. Toscanni
led the orchestra Though the STAR
Spangled Banner" ana the "Marzia
Reale.''