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New-York tribune., 1922-04-24
DIR. Grants SALARY
NOt Reduced From
$4,000 to $1,000
Rector of Church of Asccn.
sion Admits Economics.
but Says No Individual
Is Materially Affected

III" $lo,o0o year salary Of the Rev.
Percy SNckney Grant, rector Of the
'hurch OF the Ascension. remains at
10000 year. It has not been rc-
duced TO $4,000 year, either by volun-
tary action OF Dr.. Grant or through the
Offices Of his vcsuy.
This statement DR.. Grant made in
his own behalf yesterday morning in
the church at Fifth Avenue and Tenth
street prior to the sermon The story
OF the supposed reduction was printed
in several New York newspapers YES
terday morning. 1t did not appear in
The Tribune. The statement was
given by the newspapers which pub
lishcd it as coming from Frederick
johnson, chairman Of the finance com
mittcc OF The church. Mr.. johnson was
away from his home yesterday when
attempts wcro made to secure his
views on The matter.
he newspapers which printed these
articlos.' DR.. Grant said yesterday to
ms congroGa Gatton, "Were either wrongly
informed or have assumed the posses
sion of intimate knowledge in a mat
ter Of which actually they know very
little. It is true that there is a ncces-
sity for economy. and certain ccono-
mics have been effected, but these arc
III such form as not to materially
affect any individual concerned"
In the course of his statement Dr..
Grant referred a some length to the
financial condition of the church,
which it is known has been materially
affected during recent years by the
loss of many wealthy and influential
members who have in the main sought.
other parishes because of removal
rom the neighborhood Of Washington
Square.
The church, Or. Grant said, was en-
Nrely able to meet all its obligations,
independent OF any assistance from
sources outside its own communicates.
He pointed out that while other
churches in the district were seeking
union in order to strengthen their
mem berships the Church of the As
cension WAS not contemplating anv
such move, a circum stance which. he
said, was in itself evidence of the
sound financial condition Of the or
ganization.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-24
JoHre Urges Reporters
To " ork for " orld Peace
Violates Rule OF Not Maxim.
Speeches 10 Address Press
Club at a-hinoton

WASUINGTON. April 23. In hi~
ID Srecch since arriving in this coun.
lE Marshal Jo1re, at the National
'rcss Club Tonight. urged the CORE
-poqdeuts 10 do all in their power to-
ra,d ccmenting friendship among ma
tons and to weld more closely together
he entente cord ale between the
United States and France.
The hero Of the Marine was accorded
e hearty reception by the spond-
e1ts and their wives. He was accom-
paNed by the officers Of his staff aud
Bugadier General Connor. |. S. A.
Since arriving in the United States
fhe marshal has declined TO make any
pe2ches. but tonight in meeting the
cores poudents he expressed a desire
20 Violate his rule.
lie dwelt upon the excellent record
made by American soldiers in France
and expressed the hope that Americans
generally would continue to feel to-
ward France as they did during the
war. The peace Of the world, he de
c'a1ed, could only be kept provided
that the newspaper men played their
part in properly influencing public
uDiniO0
New-York tribune., 1922-04-24
National Banks Unfair.
alter w. Law CHARGES
Opposition to State Tax n,
Shares Held Injustice to
twenty STATES

ALBANY. April 23.-Opnos,tion u,
national banks to taxation or the;,
shares was attacked in statement to'
W.! ny Waiter W. Law jr.. chairman %
inc state lax Commission, calling upor
counties OF the state to aid in prevcn.
ing "hat he termed gross iniustico'
York New
~ tho event the banks are success.
I'll IN eludIng taxation of their sharcq
tocal taN districts Will have to rcturn
si1'o0o000. Mr.. Law pointed out Tho
SITUATION was brought about by a re-
cent declSlon of the United States Su.
Preme court m the case Of Richmond
a. oauk. based or law passed j.,
1904 that tho state is not affected tho
TAX on national bank shares reyertino
20 the localities.
Iohai banks as without Justice or fair
meas TO other taxpayers or 10 tho state
banks and trust companies which arc
not erected by Federal laws" Mr.. Law
pointed out that Congressional action
on measure correcting the condition
now is pending
lie SAID tho only obstacle to the
passage of the bill is the opposition o.
the banks. and the commission is de-.
termined that tho matter shall bc
thoroughly understood by the public
and the responsibility placed where il
belongs, Thus far the oppoeition of
the national banks has been sufficient
TO prevent favorable action on the bill
oy the committee TO which It was re
ferred
New-York tribune., 1922-04-24
Church Cleared
OF Debt by Aid
OF Rockefellers
William and John ID. Jr.
Give 100000 of the
100000 Needed for New
Park Avenue Building
Cost About Sl.5OO.OOO
collection Taken at Regular
Services Provides the
Whole Sum in 20 Minutes

Tt. dedication next autumn or 2
debt-frec structure was assured the
congregation of the Park Avenue Ban
IS. Church yesterday morning. In
,6out twenty minutes. during the reg
.ls- services OF the church, more than
$4,000 was pledged by the conrreca-
ION to vipc out the last outstanding
rdehtedness on the fine new building
e. Park Avenue and Sjxty-fourth
street or this sum 100000 was given
ov two members OF the Rockefeller
.anily.
Yesterday marked tho third regular
sunday service in thc church. which
vas formerly tho Fifth Avenue Bap-
-s' and which changed its name for
,te second time in its history upon
'cnoYal 90 ? new location and 4 new
>ousc
tbe total cost Of the new Church
". be about Sl,oo0,o00. Up 10 yestcr-
dsv al hu! a fifth Of this amount had
bern ra'sod. Last Wednesday evening
st > dinner. to which the cntirc cor.
crccstjou was invited. it was decided
80 collect the remainder needed. so
~ therc would be no debt whom the
10 mal dedication services were held.
J. Howard Audrey. vice -president Of
the National Bank OF Commerce and a
member of the church finance commit
,eo. s-Acd for tho necessary pledge
Yesterday at the time Tor the usual
collection. Wj}Nam Rock efel)er pledged
100000 and John d. Rockc fcller jr ~
New-York tribune., 1922-04-24
hakespcarc as a
Scdativc Suggested
ToHui'ryine Crowds
Howard X. Baync Among
Speakers al Birthday Ger
cnonic- at Statue of Bard
Of Avon in Central Park

The works Of cbal-oenooro ne ror.c
sodoti,.o wave. .,.o,,,,,,,....',
','''" W .'c "u'
ing ''''o crowds OF New York by
Howard H. Bayrc, FORMER state Sen
ator. in an ajdrcs. delivered at the
hWfhdaE cNorcises at tho statue Of tho
Bard Of Avon i'm Central Park yes
terday Afternoon.
large crowd bravod thc April
showers to do honor TO Shakespeare .
memory. Spring flowers were laid on
his monument by members Of tho Ma
tlonal Shakespeare Club. A rose tho
emblem OF England, was twincd IN a
laurel wreath laid on the base. While
the British and American flags were
being placed i'm the wreath sparrow
emerged from the most that lies in tho
hollow of Shakes poarc's bronze hand
and flow 20 his shoulders resting thorn
and chrpinr throurhol,t inc ccr-
cmonics.
Tho Rev. Dr.. Howard DuNicId. Of tho
First presb,.torior C.hr,ch
the greatness of city dcncnds NOT on
its buildings or material wealth. brt j.,
the assimilation into its lifc Of W.,
kind Of thought ShakcsDcaro voiced
Mrs. James Madison Bass, president
Of the National Shakcspcaro Cluh
placed the American fap on the statue
saying that she was glad to nav trihntc
TO master mind Who saw and Inyod
the smaIlncss and tbc cr"a4r'ay r"" 'lu" 'oNrW ''
humanity '"'"'7' u '''
In placing the J-nio, r,cl a1oan,;,o
the stars and Sh,nee Iof, C,;xa, : - VI
Davies. nrceidcnt or p.;noo o,,' y (''i' ', oIu
Society. said Thai Ar,nr;oo ,.,' ,t G'oi o. H. ~ =
Britain Jointly inberitod cEa,'.-,oo ,''Iu " aeae
ond thot ba L|5 'tl'cti foft ,''u > "HSpearc
New-York tribune., 1922-04-24
Elephants Parade on B'dwa>.
Feature of Il eth Celebration


celebration Of the Y. +. Keith $
'faird Of q Century, anniversary be
GINS to-day in al cities and towns in
tine country whore there IS q Keith
tacater or an affiliated house In Bos-
'on, the birthplace Of Keith vaudeville
bronze tablet Will be unveiled 70
nialk the site Of the "store theatcr
where the late b. +. Keith originated
the system and VIII mark the beginning
of the week-long jubilee.
John Ringling has arranged for a
c.rcus parade here to-day, headed by a
herd Of thirty-three elephants, as part
g New York's celebration. The parade
will start al Madison Square Garden
I, II o'clock this morning and the pro
cossion will go up Broadway, halting at
the Palace Theater
New-York tribune., 1922-04-24
40 Rate Cuts
Made byP. sc.
I'm First Year
Commission. in Summary
Says cductions Will
BE Continued as Labor
and Material Costs Drop
Fold They Must Bear Losses
Unless They Are Willing
to Share Excess Earnings

IN summary Of It's rate decisions
made public yesterday the Public Serv.
ice commission declared that since its
appointment year ago by Governor
Miller it had put into effect about
forty orders for reduction i'm ratos or
Suspending proposed increases. and
that the ratc-reducing process would
continue. In only scVcn cases have in
crcascs boon granted, and these have
been only temporary.
The attitude Of tho commission
toward public utility corporations in
requesting rate increases was indj-
Gated, according TO the summary. bv a
recent opinion rendered by the chair
man, William A, Prcndergast. in the
request of the Utica street RAILWAYS
tor an increase in fave. In this opin-
jon, which was concurred in by the
other commissioners, Chairman Prom
dcrgast wrote:
Public utilities just as other depart
mcnts of business must expect TO cope
with periods of depression and short
earnings, just as Al other times thcv
enjoy periods Of prosperity and full
dividends. # the public is expected to
make up every deficiency in order to
give utility good round rate Of
earning power, then the public is on
Titled TO tho benefit of the surplus ovor
The agreed upon earning rate in times
OF prosperity.
at must be borne in mind that We
are not dealing with the conditions Of
1920, nor with the previous abnormal
years, but with the present period.
which IS one of profound economic
rrcadJustment. 1t is with tins pregnant
tact before US that a decision in this
and similar cases must be made"
Tho commissions summary declares
that The Investigation into the price Of
gas IN greator New York will be FIN
lshcd soon and decision announced.
Virtually all tho gas companies, with
the exception Of the Consolidated, have
asked for Increased rates.
Tho summary also states that the re-
duction in rates for electric light in its
recent order means saving Of more
than $l,200,000 annually to custome rs
of the New York Edison, Brooklyn Edi-
son and United Electric Light and
Power companies.
The commission also declared that
the reduction in the baggage rates of
the New York Transfer Company and
the WeStcott Express Company would
be followed by further cuts in tho fall
Listed in the reduction orders By
the commission arc the new state wide
telephone rates. which have been held
up by court actions brought by the
telephone companies. Early decisions
are expected i'm these eases.
In fOrcWord to the summary the
commission said:
"Thc commission intends to continue
the rate reducing process as the cost
of labor and materials Decline"
New-York tribune., 1922-04-24
Rabbi Dcnounccs
SpirituaIism Of
Lod &c and Doyle
DR.. Newman Classes Them
With 'Charla,ans Who Shell
ter Selves Bcncath Cloak
OF Reli &ion and Science

'The spiutualism of Lodge and
Doyle is an insult to The intelligence
Of thinking men and women" said
Rabbi Louis L Newman yesterday in
a sermon at Temple israel. NINETY
sl%th street and Central Park West.
ut Is sine" he said "for sensible
Am"ucans to call a halt to the policy
OF silent contempt with which they
have greeted tho prcachmrnts Of sir
Oliver Lodge and Sir Conan Dovlc and
tho brood of charlatans, mediums and
conlurcrs who shelter themselves be
meath the cloak of religion and science.
The grief Of multitudcs Of mothers.
berctt Of their loved ones during the
war, is too sacred p thing TO be made
the prey for exploitation either bv sin
ccrc fanatics or professional magic
workers.
"Tho psychical phenomena Of spir-
NaIlSm are cNpHcablc on the basis Of
the accredited formulac of psychology.
including subsconscious impulses. au-
tomatlsm of dissOciated pcrsonality. as
we'll as shrewd fishing and reading of
slight indications furnished by sittcrs
at seRnccs.
'Not one iota of adequate evidence
has yet been advanced either bv Lodge
in Raymond Doyle in The New Rev
elation or The Vital Message, or
even by the Society for Psychical Re
search on behalf Of the truth of spr-
ltualism. 1t processes to speak in the
name Of science. but has been unable
ia face the accurate analysis of the
laboratory and the psychologists
"Spiritualism throws the emphasis
Of religion upon superstition rather
than upon conduct. Instead Of seeking
to touch, kiss and speak with the dead.
the living should consecrato them
selves to labors of service, which will
mako life for others less arduous and
brief"
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17
Lodge and Nero

Not even Nathaniel Hawthorne,
who so ably depicted the completes
Of New England Puritanism, ever
gave any indication that New Eng
land would or even could produce a
modern Nero. II has remained for
group Of disgruntled Massachu-
setts politicians to discover that she
now has one. and that ho Is none
other than Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge. II they dared they would
like TO have him subjected TO a vio-
lent death. but, as It is. they merely
ask that he be forever blotted out Of
the Senate Of the United States.
His enemies at least have the merit
Of frankness. They admit that they
arc not interested in seeing fair play
done to all the candidates. They are
not even anxious to seat his opponent.
"It Is a fight" says their ultimatum,
"to unseat the man who has accom-
plished more harm as an obstructor
Of world peace and the natural ex-
preston Of liberal thought than any
man since Nero" Massachusetts,
they say. has repudiated Lodge. This
is shown by the fact that he was
minority candidate by IL 900 votes.
Would these same gentlemen admit
that Woodrow Wilson was "repudi-
ated7 by some two and half million
votes in 1912 and in 1916 by few
hundred thousand?
Mr.. Lodge has a capacity for
arousing the bitter hatred Of his op-
ponents; but their hatred can do
nothing to alter the fact that he is
tho legally elected Senator from
Massachusetts and that his services
in that capacity during tho last
quarter century have been a credit
to his state and to his party.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17
Too Big for Manhattan

Automobile traffic congestion can
be permanently relieved only by a
city-wide plan. II is most acute in
Manhattan, beyond dispute, but un-
less the stream is permitted to move
freely and easily through Brooklyn
and Queens and the Bronx, which
form the three necks Of the bottle,
there can be no hope to remove the
menace Of approaching stagnation.
The suggestions made By Borough
President Julius Miller for widening
certain streets and extending others
will be Of no practical value unless
they are embodied in q scheme for
new avenues leading from the city
into the suburbs. Even now the Pei
ham Parkway. the extension Of
Broadway to Yonkers and up the
Hudson. and the roads that lead TO
Long Islard towns and villages are
as badly crowded on Saturday after
moons and Sundays as are the ave-
nues on Manhattan on weekdays.
What is necessary is a system
which viii include motorways to the
city limits. No such system can be
put into effect by borough govern
ment. What Is needed, as The Trib-
une has insisted, is a comprehensive
plan to supply motor vehicles with
freedom OF locomotion. Such
scheme will. require serious study TO
devise and abundant authority to ex-
ectIte.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17
The Average New Yorker

Mr.. Joab II. Banton, returned from
holiday in Texas. where he was
brought up, tells the Southern Soci-
ETY. that New York is provincial,
self-centered-"to the average New
Yorker there's nothing beyond the
city limits except Yonkers, and even
that is sometimes doubtful"
Who is the average New Yorker?
Why does the District Attorney look
at the city so effectively? Surely he
belongs. II the members Of the
Southern Society, the Ohio Society,
the Pennsylvania Society, the Maine
Society and the dozens Of other old
home groups are not average New
YorkeIs, where will you find them?
The descendants Of the Knickerbock-
ers are a precious minority. They
are vastly outnumbered by recent
emigres from the taller grasses" as
Percy Hammond phrases II.
The average New Yorker who can
find a listener dilates upon the re-
nnembered charms Of Fort Wayne,
Brattleboro, Memphis. Kalamazoo,
Pasadena, Walla Walla-wherever
he was born and reared. Seldom by
any chance do you catch him going
back, except like Mr. Banton, for a
little vacation. Every nook and cor
ner OF the United States, to say
nothing of foreign lands, lends its
color 10 this prismatic town. New
York provincial? No city in the
Union-North, West, South OF East
--is moro truly national.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17

reparations are first fixed at the
maximum sum which it is practi.
cable to collect it is clear that such
would appear to be the effect
might, il leniency to Germany were
shown, actually be the effect.
Once the total Of reparations is
readjusted the second problem must
be faced. How shall such a reduced
total be divided2 The percentages
fixed at Versailles under Mr.. Lloyd
Georges enthusiastic demand for
huge indemnities are obviously not
fair when only a sum barely large
enough to restore devastated regions
may be in sight. Many equities
are concerned. and it is at this
point that the question Of Allied
debts must plainly be considered. 1t
is complex one. Thus far Con-
gress has shown no disposition 20
abate even the interest upon the
American loans. There have been
intimations that the Administration
would consider the matter Of inter-
est. There is large section Of the
American public that would gladly
20 further. in any event, this
bridge cannot be crossed until the
reparations total is fixed, and this
fact must be made clear to our Euro
pean friends.
The third problem is the question
Of guarantees TO France against
aggression. Mr.. Harding suggested
I in his address TO Congress that tho
four-power Pacific pact might fur
pish a model for a similar pact in
Europe. Whether this country would
join in such a pact would rest upon
the will of the nation when the pre-
else needs Of the case were fixed.
1t is as an incidental aid TO the
solution Of these three major prob
lens that a private loan 70 Germany
is to be considered. Our first duty
is to our friends in the great war
There is much pity expressed In GER
tain quarters for hard-pressed Ger
many at the present moment. Amer
leans would gladly see the German
people awake 10 their obligations
and restored TO their place among
the great nations. But France and
Italy are also in a critical state.
They fought with America for Law
and for right. II would be gross
affront TO every principle Of loyalty
and justice if their needs were in
any degree subordinated to the needs
Of a nation that drew its sword
against the entire civilized world.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17
A Week of Verse
The Plain


iron Ths coyrigi Ka0sssas)
A GES ago. on the cnrying plain,
n Burnt BY the sun and drenehed ~
rain,
Lived TIE aneien. vanished races
Lived and died there, and baked snf
brssed,
Ground their grain in ths eusrn. aAd
hewed
Wood for their woven, vattlsd wallis.
Pyres and targets for festivals.
why, n I liatsn. their voices stlll
Rise from the vind-suept shelving
hin
And the shsdsd woody places.
Gone are your skin-lined sunksn eotS
Broken your grey and esrshen pots,
You old. old, vanished people.
Only rabbits with furry feet
Find their way 20 your hidden sirsse
Turn Up your slug-shapsd pins and
clasps.
Beaten hinges and bronzy hasps.
Surely you're there, and you lie sat
think
Stretched on tho grass: your queer
eyes blink
And you stare at Salisbury s.espls.
A. ?. TRoTTER.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17

be unduly softened by the generals
strange contention that such blind
ness was justified by national jeal-
cusies and vanity. He says: 1--WE
[the American peoplel would not
yield supreme command to an ally
who, we knew, had his own ultimate
objective in the war. nor would
the ally, for the same reason, accept
one supreme command until II had
become n matter Of life and death
for both" Did the Allies have any
ultimate objective except beating
Germany? Even il they had, il was
folly on their part not 10 set up a
unified command for the sake Of at
tanning their immediate objective.
Why prolong the war and risk losing
it through unwillingness TO fight Ger.
many on terms Of military equality?
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17

insane ! viii venture the prediction
that IN less than twenty-five ysars
from this evening a railroad will be
completed and will be In operation
between New York and San Frsn-
cisco, Calif.: that line % steam-
ships will be established between san
Francisco. japan ard China, and
there arc now in my audience lasles
who will before the expiration Of the
period named drink tea brough, from
China and Japan b. this route %
their own door.
For this, after the completion Of tha
railroad in 1869. he was called "ths
prophet Of the Pacific Railroad"
The immediate cause Of tao state
ment given by Mrs. Emma Pollock
Corss vas an article in The Evening
Bulletin" asserting that the motto "in
God We Trust was the original sug-
gestion Of a Maryland farmer. She
adds that the question OF retaining
tho motto came up during ROoseyelts
second administration, when the vote
70 retain :; was unanimous in tho
senate and passed in the House by an
overwhelming majority.
Mr.. Pollock was affiliated with the
Republican party ., the time Of lts
formation. Il seems OF value A. this
time TO recall the esresf Of a man IN
past generation who was 20 worthy
and 50 faithful in the service Of the
nation. lie was a native Of Pennsyi-
vanis and was man Of impressive
personality, with dark hair and pene'
trating gray eyes. The latter part Of
his life was spent In Philadelphia. lie
lost son from the effects Of service
In the Union Army. and also survived
his wife. Sarah Hepburn Pollock, q
Pennsylyanian Of Scotch descent.
MARION CoUTHOUY SMITH.
New York, Dec. 10, 1899.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17
Like Leaning BoIe.

fProa ne Pssiry RspieeI
4 IKE Leaning bOles se, on a windy hill
That whisper, touch and kiss. and
sway apart
So lovers stand. and hunger as they viii.
Ends here their knowledes Of each
others heart.
The storm goes through thsm, bliHs, IN
different.
Even as through those bOl.s that sseA
tc each
Trsmsl. and bow in grave sclnowlsdE-
msnt
or some sweet 'sony 100 deep fer
speech.
when fall y. winds on tired fOrsstfub-
ness
Dark bOis, % dream the starry unut,
tered thing,
Yet far tremor Of their Moons distress
Rs.urns to haunt that quiet nsigAbOrins.
o lover and lover, eager friend ana
friend,
Be satisfied What seek ys more from
bliss .
n, ike tall trees that into hssVsA
ascend,
Ys on your hill lean, whisper, touch
I.f..a
CYRIL C. TAYLOR