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The New York herald., 1922-04-19
REED QUESTIONS
WILSON'S MEMORY
Presents Letter From Ex-Presi-
dent Praising Support Of
Reserve Bill.
REsENTs GROSS INSULT
Senator Says Former Chief
Recalls Talk Which Never
Took Place.
Ipeeial pisp,atch o rnp sew York HnaALD

speeioi Dispatch to THE NEw yonK HnaALD
Washington, d. C., April IL.
Senator James A. Reed tMo) issuet
a statement to-day In effect that forne
President Wilson's letter saying he has
no recollection OF writing to the Senator
warmly thanking him for the great ser
vice rendered in perfectirg and passing
the Federal reserve bill" was grea
insult to him and expressed doubt as Z
the memory powers OF Mr.. Wilson.
To support his assertions Senator
Reed made public a facsimile letter from
Mr. Wilson written In the White House
October 23. 1913. IL was as follows:
MY DEAR SENATOR:
I hesitate to ask YOU to break in
upon what must be one Of the busi-
est weeks you have had by request
Ing you to come to the White House
in order that / may say what 1t is
perfectly Impossible for me to say in
a letter.
want to thank you very warmly
and sincerely for your statement
made through a New York news
paper. have felt all along tnat
sincere honestly and independence OF
judgment you were exercising In this
whole matter. and you may be sure
that there has never been In my mind
any criticism except an occasional
difference Of Judgment.
! think things are now shaping
themselves admirably and am quite
willing to admit that the processes
upon which you have insisted have
contributed to that result. feel
Iaf ,xrk ~, 10
time to play leading part In bring
ing this whole matter to satisfac-
tory issue and want you to know
what satisfaction 1t gives me to feel
that can do this. Cordially and
faithfully yours. WOODROW WILSON,
p. s.: Pray call upon me at any
time you would like to confer about
any feature Of the matter. w. w.
1t was explained in Senator Reed.
statement that the matter referred Il
In the Wilson letter was the Fedora
Reserve Board bill.
Permission was asked and granted
for the use of this letter In my cam
paign when / was running on the same
ticket with President Wilson and ar
IDENTIFY supporting him." added Senator
Reed. Mr.. Wilson states that ! inter-
posed every possible objection to the
completion and adoption OF the banking
and currency bill. The fact Is the prin-
cipal dispute between the President and
myself regarding that bill arose over
the question whether the financial and
business interests of the country should
be given the privilege OF coming before
the Senate Committee on Banking and
Currency and express their Views re-
garding the pending legislation. At this
time the national banks we're almost In
revolt Many Of them were preparing to
surrender their charters. insisted upon
hearings.
"As result of these hearings and dis
cussion in the Democratic caucus in the
Senate only 6s3 lines of the original
1000 in the bill remained intact and un-
changed.
helped make these changes. and
when the bill came before the Senate ]
1t upon the floor on December
4. making speech thoroughly anaiyz-
The New York herald., 1922-04-19
What Else Happened
That Day?

Madame Caillaux was on trial
in Paris for killing CASTOR
Calmette.
InLong Island a woman was
mysteriously shot in a doctors
Office while on a night visit.
Forty-fve stage coaches
we're held up in Yellowstone
Park by two masked bandits
who took all the cash of 165
tourists.
Romantic crime, mystery
crime, adventurous crime, a
public eagerly interested-and
they suddenly dropped from
the newspapers. The public
forgot them. As news, these
events became as if they had
never happened. Something
else nau happened.
The day of Madame Gail
laux's acquittal, Austria de-
clared war on Serbia. Russia
modified fourteen army corps
on the German border and the
price of wheat in this country
scared.
All the news that a news
prints is affected by what
else happened that day. If an
earthquake occurs the day
you announce your daughters
engagement, her picture may
be left out of the newspaper.
The man who made a golf
hole in one the day Of the
The New York herald., 1922-04-19

ing the bill and explaining It's benefits.
After the bill had been thus amended.
President Wilson pronounced il the best
piece OF legislation adopted In nifty
years.
mr. Wilson declares he told ma |
reminded him OF an Individual who
mounted several aorses and rode of IN
every direction. Again the ex-Presidents
recollection is IN error. Just as he l,ss
completely forgotten letter which ie
did write, he remembers a conversation
which never took place.
fThose who know the amiable and
polite Wilson of 1913 viii hardly credit
him with having personally insulted a
Senator representing great state
however hu.nble that Senator might be.
Those who know me well will scarcely
believe | would tamely submit to a
gross insult even from so great q man
as Mr.. Wilson was at that time"
The New York herald., 1922-04-19

Carpenter fight was
out of luck so far as an item
on the sporting page was
concerned.
When real news breaks,
seml-news must go. When
real news is scarce, semi-news
returns to the front page. A
very great man picked out
Sunday night to dine at
Bowery mission. Monday is
usually a dull day for news,
although some big events,
notably the sinking of the
Titanic, came over the wires
Sunday night.
All papers feature big news.
When there is no big news, real
editing is needed to select the
real news from the semi-news.
What you read on dull
news days is what fixes your
opinions Of your country and
of your compatriots. tits from
the non-sensational news that
you see the world and assess,
rightly or wrongly, the true
value of persons and events.
The relative Importance
your newspaper gives to an oc-
currence affects your thought,
your character, and your chill
dren's thought and character.
For few daily habits are as
firmly established as the habit
Of reading the newspaper.
The New York herald., 1922-04-19

with the general diplomatic practice in
such cases. has brought the telegram OF
the Sergeant-at-Arnls 70 my attention, l
deem il 70 be incumbent upon me TO
point out that an Ambassador Il not
required to respond 70 process"
Senator Borah IS preparing 10 make
The New York herald., 1922-04-19
HELD In MOTOR KILLING.

Peter Masula Of n Fcrnbrook street.
Yonkers, was locked up yesterday for
lack of $1,000 bail. on a manslaughter
charge after touring car he was op-
Grating ran into an automobile truck
on Saw Mil River road, Yonkers. and
killed Charles Landberg Of Yonkers,
who was q passenger in Masula's ear.
The police charge that Masula was un-
der the influence OF liquor. Landberg
died on the way to st. Johns Hospital,
The New York herald., 1922-04-19
Ways to end Il

Ordinary tooth .pastes do mot effectively fight
film So weli-bruthsd tssth. a. most felix's know.
discolor and decay.
So dental science has In late years sought efec-
tive Aim eombatants Two have now been feund
The New York herald., 1922-04-19


problem under discussion and would
make their influence felt in the nltimast
rehabilitation plan.
On the specific question Of a loan TO
Germany the American state Depart
ment never has Indicated its attitude,
nor were officials willing 10 discuss the
subject tonight In the absence of Off
cial information. There has been APP
parent no disposition. however. TO place
obstacles in the way Of the suggested
formation of an international consortium
of bankers for floating such loan as
private investment wholly independent
OF governmental participation.
Government Not Involved.
Regarding the. broader proposition OF
foreign loans generally the Department
has taken the position repeatedly that
such proposals should In all cases be
submitted to Washington before consum-
nation. In formal Department state
ment issued on March . last tho unde-
STABILITY of throwing foreign loan So
curities ON the market promiscuously was
discussed In detail and the attitude OF
the Department was summed up In this
way: f
"The Department OF state cannot, OF
course. require American bankers to
consult 1t. 1t will not pass upon the
inertia of foreign loans as business
propositions nor assume any respcnsi-
bility whatever In connection with loan
transactions. Offers for foreign loans
should not therefore, state or imply
that they are contingent upon an ex-
preston from the Department OF State
regarding them nor should any pros
pectus or contract refer to the atti-
tude OF this Government.
"The department believes that In view
of the possible national interests in
yolved 1t should have the opportunity
OF saying to the underwriters concerned,
should it appear advisable to do so. that
there la or Is not objection to any par
ticular issue"
In view OF this attitude the expecta-
-tion here IL that the Morgan firm will
communicate soon with the department
should there be any intention of partici-
pating in the Paris sub-commiasion pro-
ceedings. The first decision, however
must rest with the firm, itself, and Off
cials Indicated tonight that they would
reserve their advice until 1t was re-
auested.
George whitney. one OF the partners
OF j. p. Morgan a Co., said last night
that the possibility of his firm being
represented on the financial commission
meeting at Paris next month was news
to him. SO far as he knew none of the
other members OF the Morgan firm now
In New York had heard Of It. Mr. Whit
ney said.
'Tf we are to be asked to join the
committee which Is to consider loan
to Germany, II Is very interesting. and
am glad to get the news" he said.
Other members of the firm could not
be reached last night
The New York herald., 1922-04-19
CIRCUS WILL HELP MILK FUND.
Parade to ne Held TO-day. With
Three Outside Shows.

A circus parade and parties of socially
prominent women and actresses will set
forth to-day to help the free milk fund
of the Mayors Committee of Women.
Mrs. William Randolph Hearst chair
man. hopes to collect more than last
year. when $4,000 was raised for poor
babies.
The parade will start from Madison
Square Garden at 10 o'clock and go up
Fifth avenue to Fifty-seventh street and
return to the Garden. There will also
be three shows, with music and stunts.
in front OF City Hall. on the Library
steps and in Times Square.
The New York herald., 1922-04-19
No Power From washington.

WASHINGTON, April is (Associated
Press) The request OF the Allied Rep
arations Commission for cooperation
from the American banking house Of
]. p. Morgan in considering an inter-
national loan to Germany may lead to
important decisions both by American
bankers and the American Government
In regard to the general scheme OF Ger
man rehabilitation.
Although the Morgan firm. II II ac-
cepts membership on the financial sub
commission at Paris. presumably would
be vested with no power to commit I'm
any way the United States Government.
officials here. It In believed. undoubt-
edly would be closely in touch with the
The New York herald., 1922-04-19

vigorous attack upon the State De-
par tInent for It's ruling recognizing Mr.
Bakhmeteff. when it is said he win
make some startling disclosures con-
corning Ar. Bakhmeteff's connections
with Semenofi.
The New York herald., 1922-04-19
RELEASE OF SEMENOFF
REFUSED BY COHALAN
Legality Of Arrest Upheld in
Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Justice Daniel +. Co
halan refused yesterday to grant the
release OF Gen. Semenoff and to reverse
the order of Justice Deiehanty after
Ezra b. Prentice. counsel for the Gen.
erai. had argued against the legality Of
the arrest.
Mr.. Prentice argued there was no di-
rect evidence to show a Judgment hau
been awarded against Semenoff by the
Court of Manchuria. the sole informa-
ton being contained in a letter from a
lawyer In China to his brother in New
York Furthermore. Mr.. Prentice said.
the United States Government did not
recognize any courts in China except
consular courts.
Semenoff now must remain In Ludlow
street Jail at least two weeks longer
until the Appellate Division rules on the
appeal.
The New York herald., 1922-04-19
ASK MORGAN TO AID
in GERMAN loan
Reparations Commission
Wants American Firm
to Take Part.
4. w. LAMONT ON HAND
Meets Bankers in Paris to
Discuss Conditions of
Financing Mexico.
AMERICA NOT INVOLVED
SUBJ Commission Would Have
No Power to Commit the
United States.
AMERICA NOT INVOLVED

PARIS, April Is (Associated Press). -
The Allied Reparations Commission, it
was announced to-day has asked j. p.
Morgan & Co, to accept membership
on the financial suhcommission which
will convene in Paris In a fortnight to
consider the possibility OF floating an
international loan for Germany.
The Reparations Commission. 1t Is
stated is particularly anxious to have
J. p. Morgan act personally. but would
welcome any member OF his Arm whom
he should designate.
The sub-commission as now made
up is composed Of former Premier
Delacroix Of Belgium, chairman: ST.
gnor Damelio Of Italy, vice-chairman;
Karl Bergman. Germany; Sir Robert
kindersley, Great Britain; Charles
Sergent. France; DR., G, vissering.
Holland.
Mexican Loan Considered.
Thomas w. Lamont OF ]. p. Morgan
Co., who has Just arrived from the
United States, to-day met representa-
uves OF France, Great Britain. Holland,
Switzerland and Belgium 20 discuss the
financing os new Mexican loan. They
discussed the conditions to be offered to
AdolfoAde la Huetrta, Mexican Minister
of Finance, when he goes to New York
to discuss flotation OF the loan.
1t was reported that all the countries
involved we're desirous Of coming to
terms to facilitate the floating of the
loan and to resume financial relations
with Mexico. The negotiations are be-
ing kept secret, since the representatives
OF the loaning countries prefer that the
text of the agreement should be given
out by Senior de Ia Huerta himself after
II has been signed in New York.
The American Jewish world., 1922-12-22
Page F;0s

"The next day the priest called at
my house and argued that would be
doing my child an injustice by refus-
ing the countess offer. But I was
obdurate. / would never consent to
separation from my boy, and again
rejected her offer.
"But to be the discoverer of talents
is passion with the nobility. In
spite of the indignity had offered
her by my refusal, she took Mischa
under her charge and began his mu-
sical education. In three months he
had made such progress that she ar
benefit. 1t was Mischa's first step on
concert left their imprint on my mind
forever. No Jews were allowed into
the hall, though the artist himself was
one, and when Mischa, in the con-
fusion of first public appearance;
forgot his violin bow at home, one of
the officers-an invited guest-re-
marked that it would have been better
had the boy forgotten his father
rather than the bow. overheard
this remark-the officer took small
pains not to let me hear it-and on
that same evening I made a vow to
put my boy on the pinnacle of fame
myself without patronizing assistance.
They despised the father. Then they
would feel the fathers strength. I
sold my little house, divided my be-
longings with my wife, chotzi shell
wechotzi sheloch, and began my jour-
ney with Mischa to Odessa, where
there was a conservatory and where
my boys career would begin.
"It was trying decision to make.
l left my wife alone with my children
with no provider-but Mischa was to
be placed in the world"
This is the first episode in the life
of the celebrated violinist substan-
TALLY as written by Mr.. Elman. The
other episodes must be left Ito be
continued"
The American Jewish world., 1922-12-22
TWIN CITY CAMPAIGN FOR
TOOLS
TOOLS

The campaign for $25,000.O0 in
Minneapolis and St. Paul towards the
$1,000,000 for tools for Jews in Rus
sia and the Ukraine will be launched
Monday, January 1st; it will be
two weeks campaign. More than
anything else the Jews of Russia
want the opportunity to become pro-
ductive and to provide their own
livelihood.
The plan of the campaign as out
lined by the Advisory Committee
headed by Chairman Geo. B. Leon
ard included the dividing of the city
into 25 teams each of at least rs
solicitors who will call on business
men; manufacturers and professional
men as well as house to house can
vass for funds.
"This is not a charity campaign
said DR.. Max Seham, Chairman Of
the General Campaign. 1t is a cam
paign to help the Jews of Russia and
Ukraine to help themselves. Since
the very beginning of the great war
in 1914 to the present day, the Jews
of Russia has been subjected to an
uninterrupted inferno of havoc and
destruction.
The local committee includes Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Brin, Rabbi G. Da-
vid Matt, Mr.. and Mrs. l. Kreiner,
DR.. Israel w. Marcus, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Harris, Sam L. Friedman,
Mrs. j. Kantrowitz, Louis Feigel-
man, Mr.. Jacob Braverman, Mr.. H..
Arial, Mr.. M. Linder, Mr.. M. Smeit-
ger, Mr.. HI. Lax, Mr.. Mandel, Mr.. D.
Shier, Mr.. Ravitzky, Mr.. S. Rather.
Mrs. B. Gelfand, Mr.. S. Bellman,
Mr.. I. Segal, Mr.. M. Kates, Mr..
Philip Gordon, Mr.. J. Barlatzky.
The campaign is under the personal
direction of Mr.. Joseph FEEDER, Ma
tional Organizer for the Peoples Re-
lief Committee who recently con-,
Quoted very successful campaign in
Saint Louis. Minneapolis headquar-.
ters are at 1924 9Th avenue north.
The American Jewish world., 1922-12-22
December 22, 1922
Personalities
BY JOSEPH KAYE

mix in circle in which the arts of
the stage and letters play duo you
will have heard of the American Play
Company, a concern which acts as
buffer between creator and buyer.
We had occasion recently to visit the
American Play Company, and Mr..
Liveright, one of the directors, told
us that he had ready for bidders a
biography of Mischa Elman.
Memories stirred within us.
wasn't this biography written
originally in Yiddish 2" we asked.
Mr.. Liveright admitted that it was.
"And wasn't it written by Mischa
Elman's father?" we further queried.
1T was" assented Mr.. Liveright.
Well, you may be pleased to have
us steal march on the publication
of this story, for we had access to
this biography before Mr.. Liveright
got it. We will, therefore, give you
a taste of the Elman story before
it appears in one Of the national mag
azines, as it surely will before long.
The life story of Mischa Elman
was written by his father, who ac-
companied the violinist on all his
travels and played no little part in his
success, at least in his early years.
When Mischa had acquired both
laurels and substantial bank account
Mr.. Elman, Sr., retired from active
participation in the musical business
and started upon the climax of his
individual career, which was to be a
grand history of his boy; his begin
nings, his struggles and his success
The work was written in Yiddish,
which is the language most familiar
to Mr.. Elman and his favorite, for he
has had many friends among the men
who write in it for living. The ulti-
mate destination of the story was to
be the Saturday Evening Post, and it
may be before Mr.. Liveright is
through with it.
Mr.. Elman begins his story with
the giving Of grateful credit to Mrs.
Elman for her share in parental sac
rifice for the young genius in the
family.
'When I first began to see the fu-
ture that was destined for my son."
Mr.. Elman writes-as near as our
notes recall-"when I first recognized
the powers my son possessed and |
had determined to dedicate my life
to him, she encouraged me; when I
sold my little house and left her with
half the proceeds to begin my wan
derings with the five-year-old boy,
she did not complain, but gave me her
blessing. Her devotion, her self-sacri-
flee made Mischa Elman possible. Mis-
cha never forgets this.
II have been asked if my son is of
musical family. I will answer you
yes; but when you read a little fur
ther you will be inclined to treat this
yes with some elasticity. My grand
father, who is the source of our
musical vein, so far as I can remem-
Der, was a badchen, which means an
entertainer at family celebrations,
such as weddings, and where the at
mosphere was fragrant of much OF
the liquid that cheers. My father was
an amateur violinist, who played
homemade concertos by ear and who
regarded the music profession with
such antipathy that when he saw that
l inherited his talent for playing he
told me, as it would be said in Amer
ica's picturesque language: MY son,
music is for loafers: get you back
to the Talmud.'
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melodies I played, which were gen.
orally folk-sOngs, and selections from
the Goldfadden with music plays,
these plays then enjoying their first
popularity. What astonished me was
the boys correct memorizing of the
tunes and his great love for music.
In company he was always the pre-
mier entertainer. In time he became
conscious of this ability, and when he
did some wrong and sensed that pun
ishment was in store for him he
would always offer to sing in atone
ment. Usually the atonement was
accepted. You see how the business
instinct goes hand in hand with the
artistic!
81 remember once Mischa was ill
and the doctor prescribed medicine
for him. When the time came for
the dread operation of taking it the
and asked plaintively. Cant sing
instead?' And then it was that Mis-
cha received his first disappointment.
LAS time went on / could not help
noticing that my boy had decided
talent for music, but I was unwilling
to develop it. had heard too much
of brilliant beginning and dismal end
ings. I knew the heartaches and
misery which are the artists lot on
the road to fame, and I knew of the
remote and insignificant orchestra
chair that generally gives rest and
oblivion to the exhausted genius who
had such a brilliant future l had
my fathers fear of the music profess
sion and made every effort to discour-
age Mischa's musical instinct.
"But can you discourage musical
cravings? I had occasion to leave
home for short visit to another vii
lage, and when I came back I found
Mischa ill. I could not understand it.
Neither could the doctor. 1t seemed
not a physical ailment, and so I de-
termined to watch his behavior un-
seen by him. And then I discovered
the source of his illness. When he
thought that nobody was in the house
he climbed on chair and took down
the violin from where it was hanging
on the wall. On this heavy and, for
him, unwieldy instrument, he at
tempted to play my tunes. The re-
sulting sounds were crude, and his in
ability to render them correctly on
the violin distracted him.
"I was now forced to revise my
decision. / could not resist such a
striving for musical expression, and
my first step was to get him smaller
violin. I wrote for one to neighbor-
ing town, and when it arrived, what
joy there was in the house! Mischa
was wild with happiness, and again
demonstrated an acute musical per-
ception by playing little waltz cor
rectly.
81 felt I was face to face with a
problem which was beyond my ability
to deal with properly, and / began
to seek advice and expert opinion.
1t was not until a young musician
from Wilma arrived in our village that
| had some one to appeal to. This
young man alighted on our ignorance
in all the glory of conservatory uni
form and the reputation of finished
graduate. now believe his acquain-
tance with a conservatory didn't go
beyond the walls of that building, but
he had what you call nerve, and nerve
is half graduation diploma. To him
l brought my little Mischa and asked
his opinion. Mischa played his little
tunes, and the Wilmer looked at me
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