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ihe Mental Deficiency Bill.

The advocates of the Knight men,
tai deficiency bill made poor case
at the Governors hearing. They
could not dispute that under the
terms of this measure any magis-
trate or justice of the peace could.
without a hearing and merely on in
formation. cause the arrest of any
person as a mental defective. They
could only say that this was "an
arm of the law for rare use in ex-
ceptiona1 cases." In other words,
they begged the Governor to assume
that there would be no malicious
complaints lodged and that every
justice and magistrate would exer-
else unerring wisdom and scientific
knowledge.
Nor could the supporters OF the bill
produce testimony to justify the pos
sible wholesale hunting down and in
generation OF persons not quite up
to the standard of their fellows in
intelligence. DR.. ROONEY, president
of the New York State Medical AS
sociation, drove home the case of a
dull but harmless lad of Is years
who was making SIS a week but
who was committed to an institution
even after his father begged to be
allowed to take him home. There
are thousands OF cases of deficient
persons. ranging from the moron
down to the idiot, who are safe in
homes where parents bear their
crosses silently.
We believe Governor MILLER, whose
respect for the rights of individuals
is we'll known, will not sign bill
which would open the door to Off
cial savagery. There is enough med
ding by statute now.
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precautions of this kind the spread
Of typhus may be restricted success
fully.
Because it is intersected by traffic
routes from Russia, Germany Is the
country OF western Europe most ex.
posed to invasions OF disease from
this source. Prevention requires
careful watching, but prevention is
clearly possible. Public sanitation In
most of continental Europe is not
up to the standards which prevail In
Great Britain and the United States
therefore precautions should be OBJ.
served here.
Conditions in Russia are mending.
Typhus and Asiatic cholera will burn
themselves out, but the country will
be source OF infection for years to
come. Against this we must be pre-
pared. Every reasonable precaution
must be taken. at our ports OF entry,
and, wherever it is possible, abroad.
The New York herald., 1922-04-10
Government Employees.
Have They Rights Not Given ia
Workers for Private Concernsl

To THE NEW York HERALD: When a
private firm or corporation employs me
and ! am told that my services are no
longer needed / step down and out or
look for work elsewhere.
Why should not this rule apply with
AT least equal force to Government en-
ployees?
IL seems to me outrageous that the
President of the United States, and his
Cabinet officers should be held to ex-
plain and defend their persistent and
laudablc efforts for economy. They are
the trustees for the people, they arc
spending the peoples money they should
strive for economy and efficiency even
more insistently than the officers OF any
private enterprise. A. HEcKscHER.
NEW YORK. April 8.
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was broken down and sobbed like a
child. We had difiiculty in getting
him away from the grave"
From that first campaign on he
was wherever there was good scrap.
on the northern border of India. in
Afghanistan. China, Egypt, central
Africa or the Sudan. He was again
with the Russian army in the Russo
Japanese war, he was with General
ROBERTS in South Africa, with the
Spaniards in Morocco and the Italians
in Tripoli. He packed up his palette,
brushes and canvases, his pencil and
pads of paper and went off to report
and picture battles wifi no more con-
cern and preparation than many Of
his brother artists showed in going to
the country to paint landscape.
His newspaper career really began
in the Balkans, and that region of ex-
citement and turmoil always had a
great fascination for him. Like the
correspondent in Kipling's "The Light
That Failed" he was always ready to
prophesy trouble in the Balkans as
soon as the snow melted. Somebody
said he was the first to call that
region 'the powder magazine of Eu-
rope" and the first to discover the
faintest outline Of the ever recur-
ring war cloud. He saw in almost
every Balkan conflict the danger of
European conflagration; he was an
observer in the Serbian-Bulgarian
war in the sos, the Turkish rebellion
against the Hamadian regime, the
Turko-Grecian war and the two Bal
kan wars. He lived to see the great
world war which he had so long
feared finally begin with the Aus
trian declaration Of hostilities against
Serbia.
vILLIERs outlived practically all the
contemporaries OF his youth and
many OF the noted war correspondents
with whom he was associated in mid
die life. His drawings of battles in the
world war, made when he was almost
20 years of age, seemed as vigorous
and realistic as those he drew when
a young man Of 25. The hardships
OF his profession appeared to have
had little effect upon him; his philos-
ophy of long life was never to worry
but to live each day as II 1t was the
only one you had or would have.
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FUNERAL OF COMPOSER
ON DAY SET FOR RECITAL
Bensman's Friends Pay Trib.
ute in Carnegie Hall.

Jewish opera devotees who had
planned to be present at the first An1ar~
ican appearance of Matteo Bensma1s
composer and conductor. in Carnegie
Hall last night. gathered there instead
to listen to the memorial eulogics ,of
his associates. Bensman died Friday
night OF a broken heart after the finan~
cial demands OF musicians had upset
plans he had made for his premiere In
Carnegie Hall. The concert was to
have taken the place of one prcviously
arranged for March 1s and similarly
blocked by financial difficulties. Bens-
man worked feverishy all day Friday
In an effort TO raise money 10 pay ibis
musicians for rehearsels and that nfEht
his heart sprang a lesion that caused
his death. Among other works OF his
own Bensman was to have presented
his symphony Palestine in five parts
and was to have been assisted by an
orchestra OF eighty pieces. ~
The memorial service was held ,n-
der the direction or the Bcnsman Con-
cert Association and Morris Samuels
was chairman. William Edlin. editor
OF The Ddu, and Henry Lefkowitz de-
lIyered orations i'm which they told of
the ability OF the late conductor and
of his struggle for the advancement Of
the operatic art The association, they
said. viii take immediate steps looking
Ia the production OF his work on the
American stage. Songs were sung by
cantors Joseph Shlisky, Joseph Rosen-
Mat. H. kwartin and M. Hushman, VINO
were followed by the Synagogue Chorus
Alliance OF eighty voices.
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New York's Water Power.
UndeyeIopcd Resources In the Gene
see River Region.

To THE NEW York HERALD: 1t Is
surprising to me that steps have not
been taken for the full development OF
the water power of the Genesee River.
From the northern slopes of the Ale
rheny Mountains in Pennsylvania, fed
by unfailing springs. flow the several
streams forming the hcadwaters OF the
ceneses River. These branches come
together near the State line into the
main body OF the river. The source
OF none of these streams Is more tnan
nine miles from the State boundary ana
the average descent covered in that dis-
tance Is about $50 feet.
The elevation OF the State line where
II CROSSES the Genesee River Is 1850
feet above sea level; thence to the
month of the river in Lake Ontario. $50
feet above sea level, is fail o. nearly
2s5 feet. With the additional faii OF
$50 feet between the confluence OF its
branches and their sources there -
available a fall OF practically 1.sOo rect
within the boundaries of the State ana
distance OF ninety miles. This In
c,,des tho series of falls at Portage and
Rochester.
This Is of the main stream alone. 70
say nothing of the numerous streams
feeding into IL throughout its course
across the state.
The mineral possibilities or the Ale-
rheny foothills have never been thor-
ourhly Investigated. but extensive de-
nosits ~ sand. shale and lime are found
along the course of the river. Inc
stream flows through rich agricultural
district which could be made an equally
productive manufacturing country oy
tho utilization OF the power now gong
n waste. The development OF tnis
,oyer could be most effectively accom-
r,iahed by series of dams along the
cancsee River and it's branches.
In addition there is now the Barge
Canal connecting all central New YORK
directly with the mineral supply OF the
Lake Superior region on the one hand
and the markets of the world through
The Hudson River and New YORK city
on the other. Bargcs can be Loaded ny
tho head OF the great lakes with the
rov material and be delivered Mt any
no,nt along the canal without reloading,
thua making a favorable competition OF
TRANSFORMATION in material with the pres
ent transportation of the raw material
from the same source to the mills az
Pittsburgh
New York state has never asked the
national Government TO make appropri-
atoms for its benefit or to develop its
resources. and here Is an opportunity
for its financiers its engineers ana its
citizens 70 work together to make y
more wonderful Empire state.
| WASHINGTON, April s. q. M. +.
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Another Triple Divide.
A Point In Allegany County Where
Three Watersheds Meet.

To THE New YORK HERALD: 1t Is a
mistake to suppose that the only triple
divide mountain In North America is
the one in Glacier National Park which
has just been named Triple Divide by
the United States Geographic Board and
from the summit of which an observer
can cast pebbles into the waters of
three creeks which reach Hudson Bay
to the North. the Pacific Ocean to the
west and the Gulf of Mexico to the
SOUTH
There IS a triple divide In Allegany
county. New York, from which streams
flow to the Ohio. to the Susquehanna
and to the Genesee. 1t was first noticed
by Pouchot, French engineer and ex-
plorer about 1855. at the same time
he discovered the petroleum springs.
DR.. Holmes made a poem on a case
Of this kind, where there were but two
streams. T.
New York. April s.
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A Man Of Many Wars.

In his fifty years OF active life
FREDERIC VnLIERs, the war CORE.
spondent and artist whose death in
London was reported last week, saw
twenty-one wars. 1t Is a record to
which few other men, perhaps none,
could ever rightly lay claim. Within
his span of years he was an observer
OF every armed conflict of Importance
from the Russo-Turkish war of the
70s to the world war. in which he
spent two years and half at the
front.
VfIIERs had his first great oppor-
tunity when as correspondent and
artist OF the London Daily Graphic
he Joined SKoBELEFF's army in the
Balkans and remained with 1t during
the historic campaign which carried
the Russian arms up to the defenses
OF Constantinople. There he had as
companions FRANCIS ID. MILLET and
JANUARIus A. MAcGAHAN OF THE New
YoRK HERALD, PEARsE OF the London
Neps, DoBsoN OF the London Times,
ARCHIBALD FORBES and other dis
tinguished war correspondents OF the
times. or the tragic death OF Mac.
GAHAN and OF the strong bond of
friendship existing between the great
correspondent and the famous Rus.
sian General he gave us a sympa-
thetic picture. "DoBsoN, PEARsE and
myself we're present" vTLLIERs wrote
to THE New YORK HERALD, "SKoBELEFF
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Coal Mine Regulation.
Results Of the Governments Opera
tion of the Railroads.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Why all
this fuss about regulating the coal mines
and arbitrating the coal strike? Why
not go ahead and do it? We have seen
the result of Government regulation OF
public utilities and how near complete
extinction they have come. with all the
attendant grief to investors. operators
and the dear public.
We have had with US Government
operation of railroads with increased
passenger and freight rates, inefticiency
and the rest of the story.
Now let us have by all means the
regulation of coal mines and coal opera
tors, as 1t will undoubtedly result in the
highest cost of coal and the poorest
quality that the dear public has ever
paid for.
1t is really amazing that anybody
should oppose the Government embark
ing on the regulation of everything
under the sun. F. w. COLLINS.
NEW York, April s.
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Study of Early Fossils.
New York State Instance Of It's
Economic importance.

From u. s. Gsologicol Surrey Bulletin.
The fossil shells OF the early inverte-
brates, or spinelcss creatures. are of
great Importance to biologists, for they
indicate the geologic period In which the
rock beds containing them were formed
lin other words. the age of the rock.
Each fossiliferous rock bed contains
characteristic forms or groups of forms
that determine the period in which 1t
was mud or sand. Former Director
Powell Of the United States Geological
Survey once tersely explained to Con-
gressional committee the value of pale
ontology by saying that 1t is "the geol-
ogist's clock" by which he tells the time
in the worlds history when any rock
bed was formed.
The economic Importance OF paleon-
tology has been repeatedly shown in this
country. In the earlier exploitation OF
anthracite coal thousands OF dollars was
fruitlessly expended In New York in
search OF coal beds until the New York
geologlsts showed that the beds in that
State could contain no coal. The fossils
ir the New York rocks exploited are
Of Devonian age. whereas the fossils OF
the Pennsylvania anthracite coal beds
belong to the carbonferous. much later
period. This discovery at once stopped
useless expenditure OF money.
In times OF doubt and perplexity the
Geologist therefore turns to the pale
cntologist for light on the age and orig
iral order OF the rock beds he Is study
ing. The study Of the animal and plant
remains that are embedded in the rocks
nas thus become an important part OF
geologic work, and although the speciai-
lists who are engaged in this study are
few their work IL of high Importance.
The New York herald., 1922-04-10
nv W. }. HENDERSON.

The last subscription concert OF the
Philharmonic Society's season took place
yesterday afternoon in the Metropolitan
Opera House. The program consisted OF
Strauss Death and TRANSPORTATION
Grieg's piano concerto and Beethoven's
fifth symphony The solo pianist was
Miss Myra Hess. an English artist who
Is in her first season here and has made
very favorable impression. The audi
ence quite filled the theater and be-
slowed much applause on William Men
gelberg. the guest conductor, after the
Strauss number and again at the close
of the entertainment. when the demon
stration was especially vigorous.
Miss Hess was not altogether fortu-
nate in her experiences of yesterday
afternoon. The Metropolitan auditorium
was not proportioned to her tonal pow
ers. Therefore at times her interpreta-
ton sounded weak, whereas it was ex-
cellent both in conception and execution.
Miss Hess is sound artist, not one OF
astonishing methods but rather sane,
well balanced and thoroughly musical
player. Her tone Is always beautiful
and her treatment OF the crisp rhythms
of Grieg was so clean and precise that
it brought out admirably the piquant
quality of the vivacous themes. The
cantabile melodies were all sung with
fluent legato and with poetic apprecia-
tion. Her comprehension Of the whole
work was we'll published. 1t was good
piano playing and was warmly ap-
plauded.
Perhaps It was because there have
been so many deaths and so many trans
figurations in the Metropolitan Opera
House that DR.. Strauss's work seemed
greatly in need of rejuvenation. Its
prolonged repetitions begin to seem vain
and the gorgeous disguise of it's mag
nificent Instrumentation no longer hides
the real character of it's pedestrian
ideas. The imagination. eager to find in
II the deiverance of a soul from it's
earthly fetters and the celestial trans
figuration which awaits 1t beyond the
great divide, finds much ponderous ma
chinery at work, and catches an occa-
sional flash of light, but in the end sinks
back weary with fruitless effort.
However. it can be said that 1t was
not the fault Of Mr.. Mengelberg nor the
Philharmonic musicians if the work
failed to move. The conductors reading
was mastery, as it always has been,
and the orchestra played superbly. And
something more is to be said, namely,
that 1t was Joy to hear such an excel
lent accompaniment as Mr.. Mengelberg
and his men gave in the Grieg concerto.
There was not moment of slovenliness.
Every phrase was played as IL II were
thoroughly worth while, and Grieg's
composition was presented as it ought
to be--a concerto for piano and or
chestra.
The New York herald., 1922-04-10

Presbytery OF New York. annual meeting.
First Presbyterian Church. Fifth avenue and
Eleventh street, 40 A. M. .nf.
American Paper and Pulp Association, con-
vention. Waldorf-Astoria. opening day and
registration. beginning at IL A. M.
Clio Club. meeting. Hotel Astor. p. NJ
Daughters Of Ohio. meeting. Waldorf.
Astoria, p. M. ~
New York and New Jersey section OF the
won1an's department. National Civic Fedora
,ion, annual meeting. home OF Mrs. Arthur
M. Dodge. 563 Park avenue. p. M.
Senator William M. Calder win discuss
OF the Republican Committee OF One Hum
dred, home Of Or. and Mrs. Edward II:
p. M.
'.Napoleonic Times talk for high school
classes by Alice T. Coseo, Metropolitan
Museum Of Art. p. NJ.
Charles B. Couchman win lecture on Com
trolling Accounts Pace Institute, 80 Church
street. P. NJ.
Employing Printers Association. dinner.
Hotel Astor, p. NJ
Certified public accountants. dinner. wat
| dorf-Astoria. : p. NJ.
Keren Hayesod meeting, Pennsylvania
Hotel. 8 p. NJ. tr
New York Academy OF Sciences. section or
biology, meeting, American Museum OF
Natural History. Seventy seventh street and
Central Park West, Il. NJ.
DR.. III. NJ. Kallen will discuss 1.-THE Jewish
Question and International Politics." meeting
OF Society for the Advancement OF Judaism.
Al West Eighty-sixth street. S:f5 r. Nj.
Judge Frederick e. Crane win spealoa lon
"The Interrelation of the Legal and Medical
Professions" meeting of the Society Of Medi-
cal Jurisprudence, New York Academy OF
Medicine, II West Forty-third street, $50
+. M. v'-
Free synagorue OF New York. fifteenth an.
niversnry celebration, Pennsylvania Hotels
80 r. NJ.
Murray Hubert. President OF the Board yof
Aldermen. will speak on THE City Leg
islature." at the star Democrat Club, ASI
whitlock avenue. The Bronx. at $50 +. NJ
Or. Richard Dovney viii lecture on "Tho
Catholic View of the Reunion of Christen-
DOM" auspices of the National Catholic
Converts League. Plaza Hotel. S:45 p. M.
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An indian story Of Creation.

From inc Pacific Reyetc.
First there was water.
Water alone,
No mountain, no canon, no tree.
No stone.
Then the Person sent for the otter
And Duck.
And the bright eyed Beaver
Too. for luck.
"Dlve down TO the bottom
Under the sea
And bring up some mud dirt
Here to me,
The Person said angrily
To these three.
Duck went I'm quickly,
Badly he choked.
The otter sank headlong,
lie was soaked
The Beaver went down
Until he saw
a piece or red mud
Which he brought in his paw
To the Person, who took II
In his hand.
Let II run through his fingers
Into mountains OF sand.
That Person. who was he
That did this SO?
Perhaps IL was "Nixat."
/ don't know.
1spA Lou WALTON.
The New York herald., 1922-04-10
A Primer for the Careless.

The book of dos and dont's issued
by the Police Department to teach
honest citizens to protect their prop
erty and their persons against thieves
is a primer for the careless the ad.
mitted necessity for which reveals
the discouraging capacity of mankind
to forget.
Not one Of these counsels of ordi-
nary caution is new; not one of them
is superfluous. Since policemen first
went on duty they have been telling
citizens to lock their windows, to
report suspicious characters, to be-
ware of plausible strangers display
ing curiosity about neighbors' habits,
to keep handbags in their hands, to
watch their valuables. And regard
less of all instruction in the ele-
ments OF self-guardianship citizens
in astonishing numbers leave the
keys to their homes under door mats,
put on their mail boxes notes telling
passersby they are out until 3 o'clock,
babble to casual visitors of their
affairs, advertise their goings and
comings.
That many New Workers do reck-
lessly endanger their possessions,
practically invite sneaks into their
homes. expose their property to theft
and their persons to assault through
heedlessness are facts within the
knowledge OF all observers. IL the
police can turn some OF them from
their folly they will have done good
job for all hands.
The New York herald., 1922-04-10
Leviathan's Engines.
The Damage They Suffered Attrib.
uted to Accident, Not Design.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: In your
very interesting account Of the Levia-
than. you refer to the damage to the
machinery when she was taken over by
the American Government on our enter
ing the war.
i gather that you are under the inn
preston that this damage was done as
a result of the general order sent out
by the German Government. l under
stand this is not the case and that the
captain would not allow damage to be
done to his ship.
When the vaterland arrived in New
York on her second trip her main en-
gines had broken down in service before
she arrived and this was the damage
that had to be repaired. The low pres
sure turbine was so large that it was
big job getting it into shape again.
NAVAL ENGINEER.
WASHINGTON, April s.
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A Southern Night.

Against the velvet background OF the
night
Hangs pendulous the pale wistaria
bloom
Eastward the stars westward frag-
lie plume,
The segment Of the moon sinking from
sight.
From out the swalos afar the hyas cry
In plaintve iteration, and the pines
sway as though lost In dream, and one
divincs
A something deeply soothing in their
sigh.
IL Is an hour for ecstasy above
All other hours, so there should be
no word
Save 1t be one OF tender rapture heard
Such as love breathes unto the ear OF
love.
CLINTON scoLLARp.
The New York herald., 1922-04-10
A Tuscan Garden.

up the low terraces the almonds climb,
Their branches hung with garlands
white and rose,s
With waxen bloom the jasmine arbor
glows,
And. meath the shelter Of an aged lime,
A budding bluebell rings her fairy chime
In rhythm with the merry April breeze
That seeks the birds and butterflies to
tease
With fragrance blown from daphne and
wild thyme.
Hid in a niche. fountain gently drips
A slow, insistent, little tinkling tune
Fashioned to suit the words that lovers
lips
Down the old gardens spring swept
pathways Groom,
Breathing faint, wistful prayers In wor-
ship of
A battered yet still smiling god of Love.
CHARLOTTE BECKER.