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The New York herald., 1921-06-29
Bu the Associated Press.

LONDON, June PA luncheon by the
English Speaking Union In honor of the
delegation Of Virginians who came te
England to present to the nation q
bronze copy of Houdon's statue Of
George Washington. and also in com.
pliment to DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler
president of Columbia University, was
made the occasion to-day Of comment
on Anglo-American relations. particu'
larly the Irish phase. by Winston Spen-
Ger Churchill. Secretary for the Colo
nies; Lady Astor and Professor Henry
L. Smith. president Of Washington and
Lee University.
Dr. Butler stated that "an ounce OF
consultation Is worth a pound of ex-
planation" in all questions of common
interest between Great Britain and the
United States.
Mr.. Churchill. commenting on the
Irish question, referred to Prime Minis
ter Lloyd Georges invitation to Eamonr
de Valera, the Irish republican leader,
and Sir James Craig, Premier Of Ul'
ster, to confer with the Government on
the Irish question as a new opportunity
for ireland to be placed on an honor
able and free foundation.
Lady Astor, speaking as a native
Virginian, said the Irish question was
purely one Of religion. and she did not
realize that until she visited Ireland
She declared she had been warned not
to make statement regarding religion
in Parliament. but she made 1t before
the English Speaking Union with the
full belief that peace in Ireland was
possible when the churches attended
to the spiritual life and let temporal
things alone"
Professor Smith paid tribute to
Washington as an ideal combination OF
English ancestry and American rearing
He stated he had brought message OF
friendship from undivided Virginia and
from the undivided South In the copy OF
Houdon's statue of Washington which he
had presented to Great Britain. The
Southland, Professor Smith said. was
uncomfortable for Irish agitators, for
despite the Southern sun they soon were
frozen from the lack Of a cordial recep-
ton.
DR.. Butler urged immediate consulta-
ton whenever problems Of joint interest
arise between Great Britain and the
United States, not necessarily for parti-
cipation. but to increase the confidence
and friendship Of the two peoples. He
said there must be no delay in the work
Of limiting the amazing expenditures on
armaments.
1.-THE next step must come from Amer
The New York herald., 1921-06-29
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Local thun-
derstorms to-day: tomorrow paruy
cloudy, not much change in temperature; !;
moderate southwest and west winds.
For New Jersey-Local thundershowers To-
day; partly cloudy tomorrow: little change
FOR Northern New England-snowers to-
day; partly cloudy tomorrow: somewhat
warmer on the Maine coast; moderate south
winds.
For Southern New England-Local thunder
showers to-day: partly cloudy Tomorrow;
little change in temperature; moderate south
For Western New York-Partly cloudy and
somewhat unsettled to-day and tomorrow:
little change In temperature; moderate west
ery winds.
WASHINGTON. June 2S.-rhs disturbance
from the Caribbean Sea has moved slowly
northwestward and It was apparently central
over tho southwestern Gulf Of Mexico. north
sn sass 81 Vera ,d Cruz tonight. This disturb p
strong shifting winds and gales.
Pressure was low and falling over prac-
tically all sections to-day and local thunder
east OF the Mississippi River and at scat
tered points in Texas. Arkansas and the
northern Rocky Mountain region. The tenn
rerature continued high almost generally,
except IN New England. the lower lake re-
gion and along the immediate Pacific coast.
Several stations In the middle Atlantic and
temperature of ninety-six degrees. while
ninety-eight degrees was registered at sew
eral places In the central and northern plains
States.
There win be considerable cloudiness to-
morrow and Thursday in the States east OF
the Mississippi River, local thunder showers
nessee and the east Gulf States wednesday
ard in the Southern States Thursday There
will be little change in temperature during
the next two days.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29
A Comet That Was a Comet.

To THE NEW York HERALD: was
pleased to read N your issue of June rs
Florence McLandburgh's (Akron, ohio)
Graphic Description OF Donatis comet
in 1858. Well It might be called Her
Pet Comet" for 1t was the grandest OF
all since that date. shall never forget
the beautiful reflection It cast across
the waters OF Long Island Sound at
night. Comets since that time seem
nothing more than shooting stars In
comparison. SKIDMoRE.
NEW YORK, June 2s.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29
Columbia President Honored in London
Irish Question Discussed Luncheon for Visiting Vir-
ginians and DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler.

ica." DR.. Butler declared. 'as the time
now has come to put into effect the prin-
ciples which we so stoutly profess" He
suggested the observation Of June 15
Magma Charta Day. throughout the Eng
lish speaking world as a holiday for
maintaining the common heritage of the
English speaking peoples.
The Prince of Wales this morning re-
ceived at York House the Virginian dele
cation. Dr. Smith. accompanied by Mrs.
Smith. led the delegation. All We're pre-
sented to the Prince separately. The
other members thus presented we-c
Lieutenant Governor b. F. Buchanan
of Virginia. r. L. Brewer, Speaker of the
House of Delegates. and John w. Will
Jams. Clerk of the House. The Prince
chatted cordially with all his guests and
shook hands with each on parting.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29

giving England a grant of oil terri
tory in the East Indies.
The other argument, that of pri
ority Of interest, is altogether a new
style of business so far as precedent
in the development Of other oil fields
is concerned. If the United States
had granted all its oil development
rights to the concern which showed
the first interest in American fields,
neither the Royal Dutch nor any
other foreign company would have
the extensive oil holdings they have
acquired here under our policy of no
discrimination.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29
On Hasty Marriages.
The Wise Remarks Of an Unwise
Character.

To THE New YORK HERALD: The Ia
nous De Foe, author of Robinson
Crusoe," which. by the way. does not
treat of women, has some remarks on
marriage in "Moll Flanders" that are
apropos of present day American con-
ditions. Moll says:
%" As for women that do not
think their own safety worth their own
thought, that, impatient Of their present
state. run into matrimony as horse
rushes into the battle. can say nothing
to them but this, that they are sort OF
ladies' that are to be prayed for among
the rest of distempered people, and they
look like people that venture their es-
tates in lottery where there Is hun
dY ed thousand blanks to one prize.
mo man of common sense will valne
a woman the less for not giving up her
self at the first attack or for not ac-
cepting his proposal without inquiring
into his person or character; on the
contrary, he must think her the weak
est of all creatures, as the rate of men
now goes; in short. he must have a
very contemplate opinion of her capaci-
ties. that, having but one cast for her
life. shall cast that life away at once
and make matrimony, like death. be q
leap in the dark.
II would fain have the conduct OF
my sex q little regulated In this par
ticular. which is the Same thing In
which, Of all the parts OF life, I think
at this time we suffer most in; 'tis moth
ing but lack Of courage. the fear Of
not being married at all. and of that
frightful state Of life called an old maid.
This. I say, is the woman's snare; but
would the ladies' once but get above
that fear. and manage rightly. they
would more certainly avoid II by stand
ing their ground, In case so absolutely
necessary TO their felicity. than by ex-
posing themselves as they do. and II
they did not marry so soon they would
make themselves amends by marrying
safer. She is always married too soon
who gets n bad husband. and she Is
never married too late who gets a good
one In q word, there Is no woman,
deformity or lost reputation excepted.
hut II she manages well may be mar
ried safely one time or other; but II
she precipitate herself II Is ten thou
sand to one but she Is undone."
SPOKANE, Wash, June %. w. p.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29
Overseas Mail.
A Hint to Writer'S to Choose Their
Ships.

6A1Rbe
To THE NEW YORK HERALD: 1t is in
teresting to note that the steamship
America, which did not get away on
time Saturday, had on board 5000 sacks
of mail--all in fact, that was not spe-
cially addressed for other ships. No
doubt 1t is good policy for the post office
to favor American ships, but those who
are sending out important letters will
DO far from pleased to have them for
warded by the America, nine day YES
sci. when the Olympic, a six day vessel.
was sailing on the same day.
BY consulting the ship news page Of
THE NEW YORK HERALD. however, 1t Is
possible to choose the ship by which
letters shall be sent. II the American
companies are to have the preference.
regardless Of the speed Of their ships,
1t will be well for those who wish to
have their letters delivered as promptly
as possible to bear this fact In mind.
EDWARD FULLER.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. June %.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29
The New Railroad Outlook.

Applying the United States Rail-
road Labor Boards average IL per
cent. wage reduction to all the car
riers and all their wage earners is
one thing: figuring offhand exactly
what will be saved is another.
But the benefit to the roads from
the wage reduction itself, from the
cutting of the stupendous waste un-
der the preposterous working condi-
tions and from the permanent elimi-
nation of tens Of thousands Of men
hitherto on the payrolls will become
more apparent as the Arithmetic of
the whole is worked out in detail.
AS THE New YORK HERALD re.
minded the public some three weeks
ago, there are no longer more than
2,O0O,0 900 railroad wage earners. there
is no longer payroll running at ap-
proximately the rate of four billions
of dollars a year that will be subject
to the IL per cent. wage reduction.
Upwards of 100000 men have gone
off the rolls. Some of them were
dropped because no road could go on
doing the usual maintenance work
at such excessive labor costs; they
will come back at once. Some Of
them were dropped because there was
no traffic to require their services,
and they may be restored as business
improves.
Some will never come back because
the roads manage themselves better
than the Government managed them.
They never were needed, tens Of
thousands of them, and they will not
be needed when traffic-not in dol
lars but in tonnage--rises to Ahe
former peak.
When the roads recruit the ranks
of workers UP to the strength re-
quired for the business in hand and
the business in sight the IL per cent.
wage reduction will apply to what
ever that force numbers, perhaps
100000 or 100000 men. This IL
per cent. saving on that basis may
mean s4O0,OO0,0O0: it may mean
something one side or the other of
$400, 100000.
But on the thousands of men whom
the Government operation needlessly
carried, and would have continued to
carry on the rolls, but which the
private management will not carry,
there will not be IL per cent. saw
ing. There will continue to be a
100 per cent. saving.
If private operation can do a given
amount OF work on all the roads with
100000 fewer men than were piled
on the payrolls to do it under Govern
ment operation, the clean saving on
that sum alone could foot, at an aver
age of $4,000 a year. s20O,0O0,000.
AS a matter Of fact If private oper-
alton, under its superior manage
ment, better common sense and more
rational working conditions, could not
give 10 per cent. higher efficiency
than Government operation it would
be forever disgraced.
All this would leave the roads, AS
whole, better off by at least half q
billion dollars year than they are
to-day. AS they are now showing an
earning power at the rate OF several
hundred millions, they are assured
unless the bottom drops out Of every
thing. of sound beginning of resto
ration of the American railway sys
tenn which once was the marvel o.
world transportation.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29
New York City's Supremacy.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Your cor
respondent d. a. NJ Grover Of Kansas
City speculates as TO which OF our cities
deserves to be known as the best centre
Of intellectually.
Vain speculation Whichever cit,
makes the slang for the whole country
Gas New York does now) will be known
az the intellectual centre. SrRrNvs.
NEW YORK. June %.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29
SALE FOR ITALIAN CHARITY.

A sale of the donations and leftovers
from the italian garden party at tho
country home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank G.
Henderson In Roslyn. l. l.. a week ago
will be held to-day from ! o'clock In the
afternoon until 0 o'clock at night In the
Vanderbilt Hotel further to swell the
fund for Free Milk for Italy. The hotel
management has given the use OF the
hotel lobby for the sale. the directing
committee OF which will include Mrs.
Henderson. Mines. John A. Drake, Hiram
Royal MallInson, Frank zunino. Henry
weisl and Joseph Palermo and Miss
Marie Frugone.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29
AMONG THE sEAGoERs.

Mrs. S. Stanwood Menken ard Arthur
Menken, her son, sailed last Saturday
by the Paris and will pass the summer
abroad.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Rainsforl CT 1913
West Fifty-ninth street will sail for Eu-
rope on July by the Adriat,c and Will
remain abroad until September. An
other passenger. will be Commander
David Med. lie Breton, U. s. N. brother
Of Mrs. Rainsford. who has been ap-
pointed Naval Attaohe IN Madrid. Spain.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29
$4,000 TO N. Y. UNIVERSITY
Rockefeller Gift to Provide Clinil
and Museum.

A contribution Of $4,000 to New York
University. to provide a clinic In the new
building which the university Is erect
ing adjacent to the university and to
Bellevue Hospital Medical College and
to establish small museum of santa
tion. Industrial and school hygiene and
housing. was announced yesterday by
the Rockefeller Foundation.
The gift supplements a contribution
made last year by the General Educa-
tion Board to the endowment fund Of
S350,000.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29

There will be physicians in the new
welfare bureau Of the Post Office De-
partment. Some of them may be alb
sent minded, as doctors occasionally
are. SO II any letter carrier finds him.
self being counselled to take long
walks he will understand.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29
The Tree of Heaven.
Specifications Regarding Ailanthuses
to Be Seen in New York.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: With re-
gard to the article reprinted June 25 on
your editorial page concerning the allan
thus tree, it may interest your readers
to know that young tree, two or three
probably. may be seen within twenty
feet Of the trees planted by Ii Hung
Chang at Grants Tomp.
/ noticed them a day or two ago
growing amid bunch OF rose bushes
and wondered that the gardener had not
dug them out. There are very few
greater nuisances in the vegetable world
than the ailanthus. commonly known as
the tallow tree. H. NJ. SHELDON.
NEW YORK, June 28.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29
KIN the Transportation Tax!
Its Depressing Effects on Travel Has
Already Been Proved.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Your edi-
torial article on xiii the Transporta-
ton Tax" is timely
It should be done.
distinctly recall one Of Mr.. Harding's
prediction promises-to cut out this
tax. that 1t would be one Of the first
things he would do. 1t is a burden ana
has seriously affected passenger traffic.
XIII it,! c. X. ZIMMERMAN.
New YORK, June %.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29

The refor1ners should not worry II
they fail to stop the fight. From the
camps of both CARPENTER and DEMp-
sEY come assurances that each of the
heroes will try to stop the fight as
soon as possible after 1t has started.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29

WILLIAM G. ROCKEFELLER won q
fiivver in a rattle the other day. We
hope he understands that 1t is not the
first cost Of car, but the upkeep,
that runs into money.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29
A Kansas Discovery.
rom the Atchison Globe.

From the Atchison Globe.
Oscar Nsstin tells the Globe he has
worked at the court house ten years and
has never known county official who
worked more than one-half OF the time.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29
Accounted For.

steia-Did he offer you q penny for your
thoughts7
Beiia--No. he ID on . -buysrs strike.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29
Etiquette for the Visitor.
From the Afohison orob,.

from the AtchSon Gtooe.
II you are company in -A-boYse, and tia
tablecloth with a spot on II IL placed on
the table a second time. tako the hint--its
time for you TO 60 home.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the 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 des-
patches herein are also reserved.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29
Making n Mark.

Lives OF famous men remind US
We don't have TO be sublime
To departing leave behind us
Fist prints on the sands OF time.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29

The comet, after rushing to within
100000 miles Of the earth, went OF
in another direction. Coward!
The New York herald., 1921-06-29

Highest temperature. 81. at 80 p, M.
Lowest temperature. 81. at p. NJ.
Average temperature, 76.
The New York herald., 1921-06-29
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.

The temperature In this city yesterday, az
recorded by the official thermometer Is
shown in the annexed table:
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-01-28
COURAGE.

The quality most needed by Ameri-
can business men right now is cour-
age. Business must be built up
again from the old stable basis on
which it was formerly reared. There
is nothing discouraging about this; in
fact it is the encouraging feature of
the present situation that business,
though it regains ground slowly, will
be making solid and substantial gains.
Plenty Of backbone is the necessity
for the resumption of business. Man
ufacturers and retailers who are TAX
ing losses on goods in order to clear
their warehouses and shelves so that
the new goods may be stocked at low
er prices are courageous. They are
sacrificing something now for the
good of the future in which they have
the strongest belief along the lines of
prosperity.
The end to buying and consuming
has not come though one would be-
lieVe so to listen to the calamity howl
ers. The public is going to buy when
goods that it wants are offered at
what it considers a reasonable price.
even if it has to spend its savings to
get that goods.
American business is not on the de-
cline; it is just reducing some of its
war fat; banting itself back to nor
NAL size, a normal profit and a normal
wage.
To accomplish this result there
have been some necessary losses,
some contraction and denation.
But the end in sight is worth the
pains. The future is bright and it is
in that direction that the courageous
are looking. - Washington State
Weekly Ind. Review.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-01-28
TRACKWALktR IS
HIT FRIDAY MORNING
0NCKUMST|Ck BRIDGE
WILLIAM SKIDMORE. AGED
ABOUT SIXTY. THROWN TO
CREEK BOTTOM; DIED AT LO-
CAL HOSPITAL.

Last Friday morning light en-
gine, east-bound and getting up speed
caught Trackwalker VIM. Skidmore on
the Chumstick bridge east of town
and he died half hour after being
taken to the Leavenworth hospital.
The engineer had not seen Skid
more until he was almost on him. The
bridge is a curVing structure and one
on the bridge cannot see an ap-
preaching train until it is close at
hand and the engine crew has not
good view of the bridge until close to
it. 1t is said that Skidmore more
than once spoke OF the danger of
crossing this bridge and had express
sed fear that he would be caught on
it. 1t is said that Skidmore tried to
save himself by lying down at the
end of the ties, but that he did not
get into the clear. and was hit and
Knocked from the bridge to the water
about fifty feet below. The engineer
and fireman Immediately went down
and carried him up and brought him
to town on the engine and he was
taken by DR. HoXsey to the Leaven-
worth hospital and every effort made
to save him, but without avail
Mr. Skidmore is survived by d
brother, John Skidmore, of Highwood,
Ill.,, a sister, Mrs. Anna Norwood, of
Ashton under-Lyne, England, and
other relatives, among whom is Jake
r. Skidmore of Libertyvile, H., who
arrived here Tuesday IN response to a
telegram from the authorities and ar
ranged for the funeral which was
held yesterday afternoon from the
parlors of the Leavenworth Under
taking Co., and burial was made in
the Leavenworth cemetery, members
of the X. p. lodge acting as pail
bearers. Mr.. Skidmore was 6S years
of age and had never married.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-01-28
RECEIVER SUES BROWN.

According to the spokesman Re
view, r. 7. Lowell, receiver of the
Wenatchee Valley Gas and Electric
Company, has sued Geo. d. Brown
Of Wenatchee, for $69,4O7, alleging
diversion of labor and funds from the
Wenatchee company to the Chelan
Falls Power company. Brown was
formerly president of the Wenatchee
company.
The complaint charges that Brown
was minority stakeholder in the
electric company, but due to the fact
that the majority of the stockholders
and bondholders were residents of
eastern state and took little interest
in the affairs of the company he was
able to control it.; policies. 1t is al
legged that in 1918 Brown entered into
a deal with Z. C. Kennedy, treasurer
Of the electric company, to build and
onoratc tho power company and that
funds and labor of the electric com
pany were used for this purpose. The
complaint alleges that the two then
placed the electric company under
contract TO rse the current supplied
by their company.
The plaintiff asks for an account
ing of the funds and labor diverted
to the power company and that judg-
ment in that sum, minus S13,158 due
the power company for electricity
furnished, be given and be made
debt against the power company and
Brown separately as well as the com
munity property Of Brown, his wife
and Kennedy. Norwood w. Bracket,
as receiver for the power company, is
also named as defendant
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-01-28
APPLES.
(By James j. Montapu

(By James j. Montague)
One little apple, hanging on tree
Eve said to Adam, "Have bite with
me?"
'Sure," said the serpent, with bale
ful glance
"Don't be a 'fraid-cat,' better take a
chance"
Adam ate the apple, fresh off the
limb.
Fond and foolish Adam! That finish
ed him.
More little apples, hanging on
bough;
Little Willie ate some; so did the COW.
Both soon discovered something
wasn't right.
The vet and the doctor labored all
that night.
Vet hurried homeward, at the peep of
dawn.
Willie had narrow squeak, but the
COW passed on.
More little apples, dear old Uncle 81
Billed in the biler when the state went
dry,
Fed some to the deacon; nice old man
but frail;
Now the deacon's doing twenty days
n jail.
Baldwin, Russell, Bellnower, Craven
stein or Pip,
Apples, oh my brother, have an awful
Yin
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-01-28
COUNTY BUYS CEMENT
FOR PAVING WORK.

World: The Chelan county com
mlssioners have entered into a con-
tract with the Lehigh Portland Ce-
ment Co., of Spokane for $500 bar
rels of cement for the job of paving
l.6 miles from the Wenatchee river
bridge to the Leedy ranch at $2.2C
per barrel at the factory. The freight
is over one dollar per barrel. The
factory price is the same as last
year, but freight has advanced very
heavily. The contract provides that
the county shall not pay any more if
the price goes up, but if the price
drops the county is to get the benefit
of the reduction.
The bids of the paving job are to be
received and opened Jan. 26, the coun-
ty to furnish the cement.