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The New York herald., 1921-05-16
Stacker List Errors.
Men Who Served Can't Be Hurt, a
Former Captain Thinks.

To THE NEW York HERALD: Why the
objections to the Stacker list publica-
tion? The writer never notified his draft
board that he had enlisted. and in all
probability his name will appear on the
lists of draft evaders from Morris county,
New Jersey, when that list Is published.
This, however, he regards with perfect
equanimity. as all his friends know that
he served overseas. and to all others he
can show his American Legion button
and his discharge.
This Is the case with all true service
men. The charge Of slackerism. IL 1t can
be honestly refuted, simply rebounds to
the credit OF the accused and but empha-
sizes his war service.
As the honest cannot, therefore, be
hurt, let us by all means know tAe draft
dodgers and those who played baseball
in the shipyards at $40 a day and who
did not even take the trouble to have
their records Strengthened out.
PRIVATE WHO BECAME A CAPTAIN.
New YORK. May IA.
The New York herald., 1921-05-16
Conditions in Alaska.
Objections to a Bill in Congress AZ
fecting Its Resources.

To TYIr New YORK HERALD: There
was introduced May 3 in the House or
Representatives a bill. Fl. r. 56e4, to
provide for the administration OF ma
tional property and interests IN the
Territory Of Alaska and for other pur-
poses. 1t Is evident that there Is every
intention Of rushing this bill through
tho committee, for although 1t was in
troduced May 3 hearings on 1t began
May ?.
The bill in complex and not easy TO
understand. and 1t appears to be scri-
GUS menace to all the natural resources
OF Alaska. 1t provides for the transfer
to n board of Ave members--the Gov
ernor OF the Territory OF Alaska, the
president OF the Board of Road Com
nissioners for Alaska and three others
to be appointed by the Presidcnt-of
power over pretty much everything In
Alaska. The coal and the national
parks. which we're in the original bill,
were taken out.
The bin transfers to this board all
jurisdiction OF all kinds over the ma
tional forests, the fisheries. the fur seal
islands. the game OF all kinds, all fur
bearing animals and all bird reserva-
tions iii Nlasia. The board is also TO
control the administration Of the Lacey
act and the Federal migratory bird
treaty act so far as Alaska Us concerned.
The powers given the board are A.
most unlimited and uncontrolled. Such
a body with such powers might work
enormous harm to the natural resources
OF Alaska. The measure ~ obviously
political in character.
The board will be subject eo all sorts
OF local demands and pressure. and this
will result in the swift destruction BY
Iccal people OF everything that can be
turned into money. This threatens the
determination In most parts OF the Ter
ritory or much OF the game that has
been and still Is abundant there. The
brown bears. about which much has been
said OF late years. may very soon be ak
terminated, either under bounty laws or
by permitting the commercialization OF
their hides
Alaskans are heartily in favor OF this
measure. as are people In the northwest
ern United States, who are eager 10
build up Alaska 90 that the trade Of
Seattle. Portland and San Francisco may
be increased. Representatives OF these
communities arc on the ground in Wash
ington, aud o great crowd of th~m wac
The New York herald., 1921-05-16
Are Women Uncivilized? ?

Women, according to Professor
HAMILTON p. CApy of the University
of Kansas, are "far less civilized than
they were in the so-called barbaric
ages" Then men painted themselves
and women didn't; as time went on
men "came to realize the futility of
such deception" and painting the
body was abandoned by them, but
women have brought the art to u
popularity 1t never had with men.
If Professor CADY is correctly
quoted. 1t follows that in his opinion
men have advanced in civilization
while women have been slipping back.
This is alarming If true. Men have
just given equal political rights to
women here. in England and in many
other countries. If II turns out that
women are retrograding, the males
have blindly invited the destruction
of everything humanity has won
through the ages.
We may be permitted TO hope Pro-
fessor CADY is unduly agitated. He
is a chemist in a coeducational
school and consequently has excel
lent opportunities for observation.
Yet his conclusions should be checked
up before they are finally accepted.
Fortunately, we may be able to COM
pare them with the outcome of the
studies of our young women now be-
ing made by another chemist.
The colleague of Professor CADY
whom we have in mind may he
known to him by reputation. We
refer to Nine. CUgIE.
The New York herald., 1921-05-16
Restore Grants Birthplace.

The cabin in which General ULYs-
SEES S. GRANT was born at Point
Pleasant, Ohio. on April 81, 1922, now
stands on the Ohio State Fair Grounds
in Columbus, 1t having been given to
the State in 1883 for safe keeping by
the late HENRY II. CHITTENDEN, who
bought it from an itinerate Snowman,
by whom 1t had been exhibited in
various parts OF the country. a move
ment has been started by HueH L.
NICHOLS, formerly Chief Justice OF
the Ohio Supreme Court. to restore
the cabin to its original site as a
part of the celebration of the CEN
tenary Of General GRANTS birth
next year.
Naturally enough, the Ohio Secre-
tary of Agriculture does not want to
part with such an interesting relic,
but Judge NIcHoLs's project will COM
mend itself to those who without Off
cial bias consider the proposal in the
light of historic appropriateness.
The cabin once more set up at
Point Pleasant would be much more
interesting than it can possibly be
made i'm its present surroundings.
The home of General GRANTS father
and mother might easily be restored
to its appearance at the time their
first son, named by them HIRAM
ULYSSES, but by accident registered
at West Point as ULYSSES S.. was
born. 1t could be preserved for all
time as a memorial to this great
American.
The Ohio authorities should help
Judge NICHOLS put the birthplace of
General GRANT where it stood when
JESSE r. GRANT and his wife HAN
NAH SIMPSON lived In IL.
The New York herald., 1921-05-16
other Dawns.
From the Arkansas Gdsette

From the Arkansas Gdsette.
Against the east the blackness fades to
gray;
The dingy buildings bulk against the
gloom
And restlessly and faint and far away
Life threads again the shuttles OF its
loom.
Weaving once more its web Of mist and
murk
In grind of wheels and tread Of pass
ing feet.
Tho sparrows rouse. days WEAKNESS and
work
Begins again upon the changing street.
Yet have I seen the day come swift and
sweet;
Yet have / seen the city tinged with
fire
When gilded wall and buttress rose to
meet
The rising sun with rapture and desire.
Old days. far days that shall not come
again
Yet still days come, and still the suns
arise
And time and tide run on unchanged as
when
watched dawn waken in thy dream
drugged eyes.
The New York herald., 1921-05-16
Banking to Our Trade.

Everybody With enough sense TO
know that the tail doesn't wag the
dog will understand the shrewd bank
ing strategy behind the decision Of
the Federal Reserve Board authoriz-
ing Federal Reserve central banks to
purchase in the open market CONNER
.cial acceptance drafts up to six
months maturity instead OF taking.
rs heretofore, only bills running up
to ninety days.
When the American merchant goes
into South America or into India or
any other foreign market, for the mat
ter of that, and offers to sell Ameri-
can goods he finds in this day a diff
ferent atmosphere from what there
was in these same markets two years
ago, when orders we're pouring in on
/. him unsolicited.
American sellers find a welcome
now only when they offer American
goods ar the same price as, or a shade
better than, the price which is asked
by merchants OF England, France,
Germany, Italy. Japan, Norway, Swe-
den, Denmark, Australia or any Of
the other countries that are again
doing business as before the war, and
who one and Jointly are indebted ia
America. directly or indirectly, and
have therefore an urgent and special
yeason for outclassing their American
MI And American merchants after sub
\ Uniting an inviting price have still
tanother requirement to meet having
4 to do with selling terms and the
,slength of credit. American goods not
only must come as good In quality ns
or shade better than, and as low
In price as. or shade lower than
goods from other countries, but must
be sold under credit terms as reason.
able and as convenient as. or a shade
more so than, the terms extended
BY others.
Z In South and Ceura, America and
IN several other important foreign
markets It has long been thc custom
Ito buy 90 siS months dmc Before
the war England anu Germany freely
The New York herald., 1921-05-16
Tells Aims of New Club for Women
Mrs. Clarence c. Calhoun of Washington Says Organ
ization Will Hold Aloof From Politics

Mrs. Clarence G. Calhoun of Wash
ington, one Of the principal organizers
Of the Women's National Foundation,
announced yesterday in New York that
Herbert Hoover. John Hays Hammond.
Milton z. Allies. Henry Cleveland Per-
kins and Charles J. Bell, Washington
business men, have been invited to be-
come members of the foundation ad-
yisory committee. The organization
proposes 70 construct a $3,000,000 club
house in the national capital 10 mouse
women's organizations.
The advisory comGittee OF men will
give counsel in business matters re-
lating to the raising of a budget and
the construction OF buildings, but the
foundation affairs, according to Mrs.
Calhoun, will be in the hands or
board OF governors composed entirely
of women members. Wednesday. on the
Dean estate in washington, which was
purchased recently by the foundation.
the founders and others who may be
eligible for membership in the board OF
governors will hold a meeting to COM
piete organization plans.
Mrs Calhoun who is a guest at the
home OF Mrs Francis Burial Hoff-
man, So East Seventy-ninth street, told
Of found alton aims briefly. The founda-
tion will be civic in spirit but will
hold aloof from partisan politics. 1t
will advocate a national Amer1caniza-
ton programme, will attempt to diff
fuse a greater knowledge OF govern
mental processes among the women OF
the country. and will support generally
movements aimed to ameliorate the con-
dition of the unfortunate in society.
Mrs. Calhoun was a guest yesterday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Preston
Satterwhite at Great Neck, L. l.
The New York herald., 1921-05-16

Fifty years later Russia agreed not
TO fortify the islands or to permit
them to be used for military or for
naval purposes. This agreement Rus
sia kept until the beginning of the
world war, when she fortified them
against the Germans, but she always
refused to return them 10 Sweden.
Finland defended her claim to the
Alands upon this Russian occupation
and 1t prevailed before the commits
sion. The islands are TO be annexed
to Finland upon that country guaran-
teeing certain rights OF franchise, of
government and protection OF the
Swedish population. These provisions
are rather severe ones for the Firms
to accept. The population of the ISL
ands is almost entirely Swedish--the
last official estimate was that or H.
356 Alanders 20,45S spoke Swedish
and S95, or only little more than
per cent. spoke Finnish AS the isl
anders preserved this proportion for
more than 100 years under the auto
cratic rule Of Russia, they are likely
to continue to preserve it under Fin
nish Government, which must pledge
itself not to interfere with the Ian
guage, schools or customs of the peo-
pie of the islands. Finland in ac-
cepting this provision agrees to the
Incorporation within her State of
body of Swedes irreconcllably opposed
to becoming Finnish.
Sweden supported her demand for
the islands upon not only historical and
racial rights but also upon the neces-
sity of the Alands to her economic
development and the protection Of
her country. The trade of the isl
ands in the past was almost entirely
with Sweden. In the plans for the
building of a railway across southern
Sweden the islands were to form
portation system with Abo and the
Baltic States. The occupation of the
Alands By an unfriendly Power would
be a distinct menace to Sweden. The
Aland Haf, between her coast and
.he islands. is deep channel, through
which war vessels could pass to her
Bothnian Gulf coast. The Swedish
capital. Stockholm, and the important
town of Upsala are both within range
of modern big guns which might be
placed on the larger of the Alands.
There is nothing to indicate that
Sweden has received any safeguards
against these perils. Until this Is
done the commissions recommends
tions will find bitter opposition In
that nation and the whole Aland
question will remain as much a trou-
BILE maker as ever it was in the past.
Should this turn out to be the case,
another failure Of after-war ADJUST
ment must be charged against the
diplomacy Of the world.
The New York herald., 1921-05-16
EVENTS TO-DAY.

The Church Club OF New York win give
dinner s,i. N honor OF Bishop William T. Man
National Association of Manufacturers
convention, Waldorf-Astoria. beginning al
William G. McAdoo viii speak at q dime
under tho auspices OF the American Com
mittee for Relief in Ireland. Hotel Astor.
Benefit entertainment and bali for tho Ex-
Service Mems Employment Bureau, Hotel
Pennsylvania, S:15 p. NJ.
Reception in honor of the installation or
Commissioner and Mrs. Mary e. Hamilton
We., aireS,or Tt,s OF the womens precinct. 4s4
lecture on ''Radium and md Rd,c ~ ACTIVITY" iS'sa 3,
a meeting Of tho New York Electrical go
Thirty-ninth street. s:1o P. M.
Ass ASSOCIATED Editors Of EMPLOYEES Maya
zines t,n a,o,v Of New YORK % state annual conyen-
Twenty-fifth street, beginning at 1880 A. NJ
memorial tree In honor of Alan Seeger
VIII VIII be planted by the Writers Club. Wash
fngton square. this forenoon.
Miss Sarah Wambaugh will lecture on '.In-
ternational Relations" in the home OF Mrs
James Lees Laidlaw. go East Sixty-sixth
brownsville and East New York Hospital
Campaign Committee. banquet, Hopkinson
Mansion; Ian 42S Hopkinson avenue. Brooklyn.
Eection OF ophthalmology. meeting. Acad-
smy snsy Of Medicine. IT West Forty-third street.
Alice T. Coseo win talk to high school
classes From Constantine to Cha rle-
magne," Metropolitan Museum OF Art. 4
+. NJ.
Herbert A. Wilkinson will lecture on .'Hov
TO Choose Your Right Vocation" Merton In
stitute, SO Fifth avenue r. NJ.
Cornell University Medical College, dinner.
Hotel McAlpin. z p. NJ.
Mechanics and Metals National Bank Club.
dance, Hotel Commodore, 3 p. NJ.
Baron Eugene Fersen will speak on ''The
Power That Liberates," Carnegie Hail. q
r. NJ.
New York Swiss Club, supper. Hotel Astor.
p. NJ.
Rotary Club. dinner, Hotel McAlpin. $50
The New York herald., 1921-05-16

DIR. CoFER, who bosses the Quaran-
tine Station. has issued an order under
which his boarding officers begin their
activities by the SUMS rising and not
by the clock. The result yesterday
was that eleven vessels got pratlque in
record breaking time. This improve
ment Of service will be felt all along
the water front. DIR. CoFER has earned
thanks for an interference with time
which will please everybody-except
perhaps. the boarding officers doomed
20 early rising.
The New York herald., 1921-05-16
QUESTIONABLE OF the Calendar.

To THE NEW York HERALD: j won-
der how many OF your readers can
answer these questions orhand:
I. On what day OF the week does n
common or r. sular year end that be-
gins. for example. on a Saturday?
2. Same question applied to leap year.
3. Tho centennial year 1900 began on
Monday. on what day of the week
did II end7
4. Give the particular numeral coin
Gliding with the first Sunday In each
month OF the common year that begins
on a Sunday.
5. Same question applied to leap year.
6. Enumerate period OF seven con-
secutive common. regular years.
NEW YORK. May IL. s.
The New York herald., 1921-05-16
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New Yorls--Partly cloudy
and cooler to-day; tomorrow fair. mod
crate west winds.
For New Jersey-Partly cloudy and cooler
to-day. tomorrow fair.
For Northern New England-Partly CLOUDY
to-day, cooler In interior; tomorrow fair.
For Southern New England-Cloudy to-day
cooler on the mainland: tomorrow fair
For Western New York-Fair to-day ana
tomorrow; rising temperature tomorrow
WASHINGTON. May i5.-The pressure il
now nigh over all interior districts east OF
the Rocky Mountains, abnormally low west
OF the Rocky Mountains and relatively low
over the Gulf of Mexico and the lower ST.
ton has bce~ attended by widely scattered
showers in the south Atlantic States. the
southern plain States and the Rocky Noun
tain and central plateau regions.
The temperature has fallen somewhat In
the Atlantic and east Gulf States and over
much OF the country west OF the Rocky
Mountains. 1t has become warmer over
the plains States. the upper Mississippi
Valley and the upper lake region.
The weather wifi be unsettled with rains
Tomorrow and probably Tuesday in the
south Atlantic States and generally fair
elsewhere east of the Mississippi River dur
ing the next forty-eight hours. The tems
peratnre will fall somewhat In TIE middle
Atlantic States and New England, and ii
VIII rise In the region of the great lakes.
Observations at United States Weather
Bureau stations, taken at s r. NJ. yesterday
seventy-fifth meridian time:
The New York herald., 1921-05-16
Cost of Britain's Coal Strike.

Great Britain has been in the grip
Of the coal strike now for six weeks.
Fuel is being rntioned, train service
has been curtailed, scores of indus
trial plants have closed, throwing
hundreds of thousands OF employees
out 81 work.
Although wages are supposed to be
the issue. the strike is not an indus
trial dispute AZ all. Extreme radi-
Gals of the left wing are endeavoring
to make the strike a Waterloo not
only for the present Government of
Great Britain but for the existing
constitutional system Of government.
They would pave the way for COM
plete state socialism by nationallz-
ing the coal mines and forcing on
the great majority of British labor
and of the British people a coal sub
sidy amounting approximately to an
annual tax OF SO n head for every
man. woman and child In the United
Kingdom.
But the political aspect of the dis
pute does not by any means divest 1t
Of purely industrial aspect Of vital
Importance not only to England but
to the existing British Empire as a
whole British industry owes its ex-
istence 10 cheap fuel The British
merchant fleet has been nourished on
cheap bunkers and plentiful cargoes
OF coal for outward voyages % fetch
back tie coarser imports which Eng
land refined into 4 higher priced. iosS
bulky class Of goods requiring less
The New York herald., 1921-05-16
Turning on Mr.. Edison.
Ii Is Alleged He Cannot Answer Two
Of His Own Questions.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: / feel
certain that Mr.. Edison cannot answer
correctly two OF his questions. You
failed on Friday.
How IS leather made? Some hides
and skins are made into leather without
tannic acid.
How Is celiuioid made? challenge
Mr.. Edison to answer this briefly. He
has been familiar with plastic materials
for twenty years and was a friend of
John y. Hyatt. inventor OF celluloid. /
should like to sec Mr.. Edison's answers.
NEW YORK, May IA. JERsEYMAN.
The New York herald., 1921-05-16
Pittsburgh's Rivers.

To THE NEW York HERALD: In an
swer to Mr.. Edisons question, What
rivers converge at Pittsburgh" you say
"The Allegheny and Ohio rivers" This
is wrong. The Allegheny and Mononga-
hela rivers join at Pittsburgh and form
the Ohio River. The Monongahela
River runs north so that when you are
going up the river you are travelling
south. ARTHUR ToTTBN.
NEW YORK, May IA.
The New York herald., 1921-05-16
Higher Rates in Maine.

To THE NEW York HERALD; The
timely challenge to coal profiteers
throughout our country contained in your
editorial article "Coal Prices Must Come
Down" calls for the gratitude of the
whole nation and leads me TO write Of
the coal prices demanded here in this
Maine coast village
Summer cottage residents are encoun-
tering higher prices for coal than last
season, though we know that all other
prices are steadily falling. This village
community has been subjected all this
winter I learn to what is now the price
asked for nut coal, $3.50 a ton. In
addition there is an extra charge for
delivery. Last summer we paid $1S
ton for nut coal and Sc extra-$22 a
ton In all-for trucking from York beach.
six miles distant SUMMER RESIDENT.
OGUNoUIT. Maine, May 10.
The New York herald., 1921-05-16
GIRL, Is, IN JAIL IN IRELAND.
Ten women, Young and Old. Scrv-
ing Terms Up to Ten Years.

BELFAST. Ireland, May 15.--Ten women
and girls are undergoing imprisonment
for Irish political offences. their SEN
tences ranging from three months to ten
years.
The youngest prisoner. Mary Bowles,
who was captured near Cork wearing
armor and carrying Lewis gun. is s
years OF age and she has been ordered
to be detained in a refornatory until she
reaches the age OF 10 years. Fifteen
others have not yet been tried.
The New York herald., 1921-05-16
Falling Back on the Rcd Men.

Jerome correspondence Los Angeles Times.
Tho farmers OF Verde Valley are trying
TO bribe medicine men OF tho Mohave-
Apache tribe 10 hold n rain dance. About
three weeics ago a successful rain dance
was held. Within twenty-four hours there
was respectable downpour. though hardly
enough TO insure grass. for the ground was
very dry. Now second rain is needed and
the Indians are being asked 20 do their
best toward the desired result But the
Indians refuse 70 be ca joied and Withstand
all offers Of bribes for the use Of their
Influence upon Jupiter Pluvius or his sbo-
riginal prototype
The New York herald., 1921-05-16
STUDENT COURTS-MARTIAL.
Organized In Chanute. kan.' q
Deal with Delinqucnts.

CHANuTE,. Kan, May 15.-Student
courts-martial have been organized in
the Junior high school here to deal with
students who are absent without good
excuse. Boys found guilty are sentenced
to dig dandelions and otherwise police
the school grounds. while girl Offenders
are ordered to peel potatoes or poiish
silverware for the domestic science de-
partment. which conducts cafeteria.
This unique method of self-discipline
and government is the development of a
contest between the Army" and the
Navy" the two sides into which the
students are divided for literary musical
and athletic competition.
The New York herald., 1921-05-16
Too Much for the statistician n. /.
From the London Daify Nal.

From the London Daily Mall.
a report has been received that the Mad
Mullah" Cruler OF rebel Dervishes in Soma
liland) Is dead, but II has not been con-
flrmed. Mr.. Churchill informed the House
OF Commons yesterday.
Sir J. Roes-Is there any record in tho
Colonial Office OF the number OF times the
Muilah has died?
Mr.. Churchill-In these hard times we can
not undertake 20 keep unnecessary statis-
tics.
The MAD Mullah'' shares with the late
Emperor Meneik OF Abyssinia the fame of
having been reported dead on far more occa-
sions than any other ruler OF recent times.
The New York herald., 1921-05-16
Hot Corn.
Poetry Inspired in a Vender by a
Lost Art Of the Cook.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: An old
colored man used to stand at the corner
of Fourteenth street and Sixth avenue
some forty years ago with a wash boiler
full OF hot corn and with good butter,
salt and pepper on the side. AS nearly
as can remember his chant was:
The corn costs money
And the fires expense.
But all / ask
Is big five cents
For my hot corn.
Smoking hot corn.
Such an ear of corn could not be pur-
chased at any of the small restaurants
of this day, as the old Southern darky
had way OF cooking it which has not
been passed on to the present genera
ton Of cooks. HARRY BARRY.
NEW YORK, May II.