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The New York herald., 1922-12-17
Thrills.

so,ne time ago we hungercd after thrills,
In spoken drama, then the base at
tacker
Pursued the heroine and furnished chills
AS on the railroad track no planned
to stack her.
Just as the cardboard engine came
a-puffins.
Her poor life snufang.
I, seemed as though we could not get
enough
OF crowdins peril. and can well re-
member
once how they placed the hero, brave
and rough.
Before tho edging saw. him TO dis
member.
Thereafter we were cure we were no
stranger
To scenes Of dangsr
But came no milling what the future
held, t
The thrilling escapades In motion pic
Tho frightfui struggle ere the foe was
felled.
with aood and IRE ordinary nxturcA
with swift, Ills threatening END new
ways exciting ~
Our hero smiling.
we thrill no nero 70 vision breaking
rope.
To fling the star into tho gulf infer
nal;
For well We know while there Is life
there's hope,
And stars are super folk. in fact su'
pernal.
And so they hold to-day, these scenes
Of action.
No satisfaction.
THoNAg J. MURRAI.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
SUNDAY. DECEMBER II. 1922.
Senator Lodges Contested Seat

The United States Senate is asked
by Mr.. LODGES political opponents in
:. his home State to deprive him OF
'Ahe seat to which the returns show
he was reelected. They do not seem TO
charge that the senior Senator from
Massachusetts was himself party to
any improper or irregular campaign
methods. Neither his fellow Senators
nor the people OF Massachusetts at
tribute to him anything questionable
about the election. And It Is q fact
of official record both that the origi-
nal count OF the ballots declared he
was reelected and that the recount
confirmed the accuracy OF the cleo
tion night count to a virtual dot.
What those who challenge the va
lidity of the Senator's reelection do
charge is that the first count was
wrong and the recount quite as
wrong. They ask the United States
Senate, in effect, to throw out pro-
tested votes which the Massachusetts
iULUl 44H4 DVo@ u tCluCSu ~ INV" cNt-
In these circumstances Senator
LODGES friends and associates are
not disposed to take the charges seri-
ously. The Senate Committee on
Privileges and Elections and the Sem
ate itself, however, should dispose Of
the case promptly. Though there
we're not a shred of proof to sustain
such charges, II is very unpleasant
thing for Senator LODGE to have the
matter brought up In the Senate in
the form IT Is brought up. He is en-
titled to an early settlement OF the
question by the Senate as he is On
titled to the confidence OF Congress
and OF the public In his own conduct
in the campaign. And pending the
Senate proceedings the same thing is
true of general confidence in the
validity OF his reelection.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
Violin Insurance.
Jacques Thibaud's $4,000 Policy
Believed to Set Record.

To TIE New YoRK HERALD: IN :.
dispatch in your paper headed "Fiddling
Pilots Fiddle Is Insured for $4,000
reference was made to an insurance pol.
Icy for the amount indicated as repre-
senting the largest which had ever been
issued on q violin.
Knowing this statement 10 be incor-
rect ] felt that you would be interest,
in learning that two very rare instru.
ments of similar nature owned b.
Jacques Thibaud. one OF which Is con-
sidered to be the most valuable IN the
world, were insured through this office
FOR $4,000 and $4,000 respectively. tho
former amount representing what We
believe to be the largest policy ever IS
sued TO cover a single violin.
WILLIAM r. RITcE. Inc,
STANLEY r SMITH, Vice. President
NEW YonK. December is.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17

ing January 20 since Kansas was
admitted into the Union as the
twenty-flrst State In 1868 there
was a revision Of the State laws
A good deal OF deadwood was then
cut out. Since then, at q rate varying
from $50 to 200 new laws year. the
load OF legislative enactments has
been piling up. Probably 1t would be
well within the mark TO say that In
the ffty-four elapsed years the Kan
sas statute books have been fattened
by upward of 10000 laws.
The commissions exploration of
this mass has brought to light a good
deal OF grotesque legislation. But
Kansas is far from having monop-
oily In that line. In an open, show
down contest for crank law suprem-
acy the Sunfiower State would have
some close competitors. None the
less Kansas has legislative gems that
1t would be hard to match.
A law. for example, that Is still In
force provides that ''all trains on ap-
preaching a grade crossing of an
other railroad must come to full
stop and must not attempt to pass
until the train on the other road has
passed." This, naturally, would keep
both trains at dead standstill until
the crack of doom.
Another law, likewise still in force.
provides that call carpets and equip
ment In Offices and sleeping rooms OF
hotels In this State. including walls
and ceilings, must be we'll plastered."
Thus any Kansas hotel keeper who
fails to have all his carpets. furni-
ture, even including his dining tables,
as well as his walls and ceilings,
well plastered" Is lawbreaker.
Except away up in the northeast
corner of the State, on the Missouri,
there has not been steamboat In
operation In Kansas for fifty years.
Yet law still in force imposes q
Jail sentence on any steamboat cap
tain who permits his craft to inter-
fere with the landing Of ferryboat
on any navigable stream. Actually
Kansas has no navigable streams.
Technically 1t has three. But the
State Is not responsible for that
technicality. The Federal Govern
ment is. In an exceptionally heavy
food the three little rivers listed by
the Government as navigable might
be navigated. At the normal stage
of water craft drawing more than
SIX inches would often be In danger
OF being stuck In the mud.
The Sunfower State does we'll to
get rid OF its legislative rubbish. 1t
would be a rational thing for other
States to do the same thing. Then
we might have an interstate exhibit
of all the obsolete, fantastic and
plain fool laws that nominally are
still In force in the various States.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
Derelict.

Fourteen ships loaded with Rus
sian refugees are lying in the harbor
of Shanghai. The refugees arc won
dering yhere they can go next. and
how thSy are to find the means to
get there, for the ships are without
fuel. Chinese social organizations
havo offered their leader. Admiral
STARK. $4,000, and the Chinese Red
Cross has offered $1,000 more. II they
will sail away and agree not to enter
any other Chinese port.
These refugees are literally be-
tween the devil and the deep blue sea.
They are the remnant Of the White
forces that unsuccessfuily pitted
themselves against tho Bolsheviki.
The Bolsheviki overcame them and
Russia Is therefore closed to them.
Were they to return to vladivostok,
where their despairing cruise began,
imprisonment would be the best they
could expect from the Soviets. Death
at the hands of the public execu-
toner might be their fate. They
cannot cross Russia's frontiers.
Suppose they agree to the terms
offered by the Chinese at Shanghai
and buy fuel and food with the
money promised to them. What
then?
There Is no standardized procedure
for men whose bellies are empty and
who have nowhere to turn. These
Russians are desperate. They may
try anything that offers release from
their present misery.
II is within reason that they may
turn pirates. The China Sea, the
Indian Ocean and tho Pacific have
supported other desperate men in
that precarious calling. It Is more
probable. however, that they will
seek a quiet and hospitable shore
and there try TO keep slive the hope
that the agencies OF relief will be
able TO help them. For piracy. after
all, cannot have any great appeal for
men who have been fed up on ad-
venture and hardship.
II relief fails they may finish up,
as so many derel!cts have done. some
where In the South Sea. They may
try TO nnd q place where the ex-
change rate doesn't matter and ma
ture meets you more than half way
in the struggle for existence. They
may, that Is. II they have any illu-
slons left. The mutlneers Of the
Bounty did that, and Pitcairn Island
to-day shelters their descendants
But there were only nine Of the mu-
tineers. and eighteen Tshitians six
women and twelve men, who fol-
lowed FLETCHER CHRrsrrAN, while
the Russian derelicts arc several
thousand in number.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
Oregon.

out where the West begins to stop.
Out where the apple tops the crop,
Where the only prunes are prunes.
There Is Oregon There 1t rolls
Where the Klamath once set totem pole
And raclseted in his lunes.
Oregon, with It's heights and spaces.
Oregon. with It's names OF places
Fife, FruIta. Flora. Leap.
Cornucopia. Olequa.
Telocaset. Wenaha.
Wallowa. Little Sheep.
North Powder. SusanviiIe. Halfway, :
Sans Valley. Ironside, John Day,
Lorella, Drewsey. Crane.
Silvies. Ceclls. Olete. Fossil.
Imbier. Mule. Coyote--dociie!
Push. Riddles. Long Tom. Drain.
AIicei. Stokes. Ukiah. Shake.
Yoncalla. Natron. Lisas Lake,
Express, Venator. Crook.
Heceta, Helix. Shaniko.
Sweethome. Kamela, Cello.
Simnasho. Tillamook-
Bourne. wapinitia. Antoine,
I1OOQ ItiNcS Ss~A>O4lii l-diiAiAiiAp ASAci
Suislaw. Royal. Bluff;
oh. Starvout. Needy. Liberal--noble!
Chetko. Etelka, Gillian. Gobie.
Marquani, Multnomah-,stufi
Mollala. Bakeoven, wasco, wanic,
Sitlzum. Siletz. Scappoose.
Knappa. Peris. Clarno, Glen.
Netarts. Nestocton. Nehalem
Des Chutes, Asbestos-choosc!
Dolph, Mist. Shirk, Peel, Trail, Arago
The Dalles. Cove. Carus--farrago!
Hebo Barbra, Clatsop.
Remote, Nestucca. Lookinglass,
Chemawa- Suver. Five, Grants Pass,
Santiam. Nensene--stop!
Oregon, famed as It's battleship!
Where one may drink nectarian sip
When the cider presses run:
Where the soil Is blest and the eky I.
blue,
And man and nature, take the two,
Make q paradise-Oregon!
MAURICE NORRIS.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
Making Athletes by Mail.

Successful short story writers, law
yers. masters Of etiquette. engineers,
flnanciers and high grade plumbers
are being trained by mall. Infallible
memories are being developed through
courses Of mental gymnastics broad
cast through the postal system. Now
II is proposed to go stride further
and build athletes by mail. The
University OF wisconsin will give
correspondence courses In football.
baseball and track athletics.
Before long we may expect radio
reports Of telegraphic competitions
among athletes who have been devel-
oped by mail. Considerable progress
certainly seems to have been made
since PHE1prPPIpEs dashed with the
sad news from the field Of Marathon
to Athens.
The courses given by Wisconsin
will no doubt prove Of great value to
those In the country districts who
have athletic ability and leanings
but cannot get the personal advice
OF qualified coaches. In addition they
viii interest many who care only
for the theory Of sport. Thousands
Of keen students Of football and base
ball would not know what to do with
the ball II they should be put into
an actual game. But text books and
questionnaires will not mako cham
pions unless they are backed up with
hard work In the field.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
The Dinner Coat.
The Prince of Wales Defended From
an Implied Accusation.

To The NEW YORK HERALD: Referrius
TO your editorial article Royalty for
the Dinner Coat" as the president OF
the National Association Of Merchau;
Taiiors OF America. desire to say that
do not think that man Of such social
prominence as tho Prince of Wales
would deliberately defy all OF tho an.
cent traditions and social 6ustoms Of
country like England by showing epo
ciai partiality to the dinner coat"
The Prince of Wales Is tho coming
ruler of the British Empire: he wouie
be the last one TO contravene rules
which are the result OF centuries Of de-
velopment In refinement and good taste
The royal family. the nobility, the aris-
tocracy and all OF the best society Of
England have helped build up a reputs
tion which has become the STANDARD
for the remainder OF the world to looi
toward for what Is correct to wear on
every occasion.
It Is incredible that the Prince OF
Wales would appear at any function
where ladies arc in full decolleto COS
tune in any other than an evening dress
coat. 1t is inconceivabie that the Prince
OF Wales would wear TIE tuxedo for an
other purpose except that which the Law
OF refined society has written indelibly
on the pages OF right usage.
Conformity TO correct and proper Gus
tom !s the nuprene mark of refinemeut
and civilization. NO man who Is In tho
public eye Of the English nation as Is
the Prince Of wales could afford to do
other than be leader in perfect good
taste and proper dress for the occasion.
The dinner coat has It's proper plaes,
tho line OF demarcation Is sharp and
clear. No man who has any respect
for himself or for the ladies who are n
his conpary will wear a dinner coat -
the ladies are In evening costume. j
Is not u question Of democracy In drese
1T Is a question OF ignorance or dlsre
spect, and the English prince Is not o.
this kind and he would be the last one
TO Indicate dIsrespect 10 any persou
with whom ne might como into contaci
In any of his social duties.
The silk hat has. nothing to do With
the question: tho hat Is oniy an acces
sorry to the mans dress. Tho tie,
whether Il be black or white. IS ono of
tho smallest parts OF tho costume
These arc not Of tho matter at ali Il e
q question Of right and wrong
WfLDur W. srEwAsr,
President National Association Of Mer-
chant railors OF America.
NEW YORK. December 10.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
Thanksgiving Fare.
New Mexico Had 'venison and Wild
Turkey for Dinner.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Your
editorial article on Thanksgiving Dny
leads one to remark that lot Of your
hidebound New Workers who imagine
the country ends Just west Of tho Hud-
son should come out hero to Gods coun-
try In order to avoid what you call non
proflteering prices In connection with
the Thanksgiving dinner.
Out hero In this part Of sew Mexico
the Pilgrims had nothing on US, except
for the Indians, and even there It would
have been possible to pick UP a Navajo
or two. Our Thanksgiving dinner In
Guided q roast from a four point buck
and sixteen pound wild turkey COB
bier, and this was not the exception
but the rule at most OF the Thanksgiv-
Ing dinners IN this vicinity.
Thank the good Lord there arc still
parts Of tho u. @. A. not sluttered up
with subways. factories and nappera.
FnrpEaYc wlNy
Smvm CiTY, ~. NJ. December 10.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
A Panama Canal Pioneer Hoists the flag
Of Spain.

From the Panama Canal Record.
The Luckenbsch steanship Line has an
nounced the sale Of the freehter Pleiadee
which has been operating In the United
state intercoastai trade between Pacific
coast and Gulf ports. The Pleiades was the
first co. imefcial vessel 60 pass through the
panRmn Canal from the Pacific to the A.
iantic Ocean. making the transit on August
10. 1914. the day after tho opening OF the
canal. with The passage Of the steamship
Ancon ~ official service. Because she was
the first vessei through The canal The Luck
enbach company continued TO operate the
rlclades under her original name, though
all tho other vessels Of the limo havo been
renamed for tnsnbers of the Lucksnbacli
family. The Pieades was built " epar.
rows Point Maryland. In 1900 n 10 rs-
ported that the vessel win operate out Of
New York 20 Epain under the Epanirh flas.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17

men lost their lives through hard
ships incident 20 their work and the
unhealthfulness Of the swamp lands
traversed. II took thirty years to
complete this road. It has contrib
uted more than anything else TO the
advancement OF civilization In cen
tral South America.
When WILLIAM WHEElwRIaHr COM
pleted the Chilean railway from the
port of Caldera to the mines of
Copiapo In ls49 he built the oldest
existing line, with one exception. in
Latin America. Even before this
road was completed WHEELwBieHr
with the help Of ALLAN CAMPBELL.
another American, surveyed q
through line from Valparaiso to San
tiago. HENRY MEIoos OF Catskill, New
York. built this road In 1858. From
this beginning the Chilean system ex-
panded until to-day a main line runs
almost the length of the country
from North to south with lines radi-
ating westward to the coast towns
and eastward to the centers Of min
ing and agricultural wealth.
The principal railroad Of Peru
bears the distinction Of being the
highest and most remarkable line in
the world. II extends from Callao
on the coast, to Lima and thence TO
Huancayo. In the short distance OF
log miles 1t climbs to an altitude Of
| 1856 feet. This road too was
built by HENRY MEIaos.
The heavy grades are overcome
by peculiarly constructed switches.
which Mr.. BURNHAM thus describes:
''Mr. MEIoos leveled Off stretch of
embanhment to the left Of the track
and erected turntable. the plan be-
ing to run the train past the turn
table. uncouple the engine. turn 1t
around and hitch It to the rear OF the
train. The train pulls out in the
same direction as It came. but ur
hill on another track" Sixteen OF
these switches were built, also sixty
one bridges and sixty-five tunnels.
The cost Of construction was 100000
a mile. Seven thousand five hun
dred persons lost their lives In the
building Of this road.
The most important road Of Ecua-
dor, the line from Guayaquil to Quito,
is now owned by an American
company. II Is l30 miles long. and
although II was begun In 1879 the
natural difficulties to be overcome
were so great that 1t was not com
pleted until 1908. Colombia has
about 500 miles Of railroads in oper-
alton and Venezuela $50 miles.
French Guiana Is the only South
American country without a rail
road: Dutch Guiana has two and
British Guiana two: one, tho DEM
erara, is the Oldest railway In South
America.
The railroads of South America
have ever been the advance agents
Of civilization. Moro than any other
single thing they have been the great
factors in the development OF the
economic life Of the southern CONT
nent and Of It's Immensely rich nat
ural resources.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
A Shut.in Speaks.

All who have loved the pathos OF the
dew
Weeping for daybreak on some
dreaming rose,
All who have watched a seascapo still
and blue,
And young trees bending with each
breeze that~blows.
All who have hungered for q twilight
lano
Grown intimate and sweet with lilac
bloom,
Or felt the far flung kiss OF failing rain.
Know how light the darkness of this
room.
Walls that were bare are strangely
heautified.
Days that were dark, with sudden
glory shine.
since these ! loved. whose memory has
not died,
Consent 70 share this loneliness OF
ininc---
And like old friends from some remem-
bered land.
slip through the dusk. and stoop and
tsks my hand.
HrrSr rsAxns- Bovxr.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
Musical Criticism.
Omissions Of operate Reviews and
Irritating Comparisons.

TO THE NEW YonS HERALD: Mrs
James a. Rooscvelta letter on the tone
OF comments In musical criticism articu.
ratos what many persons consider a
matter for regret. II, Is undeniabiy true
that come criticism rarely rises 10 tho
hoight OF the great argument.
In the case OF review OF Was-
merriam opera. for example. one may
look In vain for any examination Of
the musical thesis. Leitrnotif 10 never
mentioned ~ may bs that the critic
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
Kansas Revising Its Laws.

Kansas is about 10 complete a job
which other States might initiate to
their advantage. 1t has been over
hauling a sixty years accumulation
Of State statutes and throwing the
junk on the scrap heap. For two
years a commission has been revising
the state laws.
II will be sixty-two years this CON-
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
Coal Saving.

To TIE NEW YORK HERALp: In view
OF the shortage Of coal II seems to me
that tho first thing to do Ia to stop
unnecessary use OF coal For instance.
the blaze OF electric lights advertising
one thing and another might be stopped.
ROBERT W. LEONARD.
MouNr KIsco, December 16.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17

The young woman who thinks there
ought TO be State dances to add his
torical significance to the diversion
may have trouble persuading some of
the States TO take tho responsibility
for steps that bear their honorable
nasnes. Virginia may gladly acknowl-
edge her reel, but Alabama Mis-
sissippi. Kentucky and other South
ern Conlmonweaiths may not be as
willing To father como Of tho dances
named In their honor.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17

The Federal Trade Commission Is
seeking to define the terms common
fine salt" and crock salt" for the ben
eft of the trade and the public gen.
orally. II might extend It's activities
and define Attic salt. the pinch OF salt
used TO season tall stories and the
sait rubbed into open wounds.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17

Express trains moving at forty
miles an hour used to be thought to
possess action enough. but there arc
to be motion pictures now on the
Western railroads to satisfy an ex-
acting and blase generation.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17

The Associated Press is csclusiyely eatitieh
to the use for republication OF all news DIE
patches credited to Il or not otherwise
credited .n this paper. and aito the locsi
news published herein.
All rights OF republication Of special -.
patches herein ere also rcstrrcd. ~f
The New York herald., 1922-12-17

Sle!shbells no longer jinxie on the
avenue. but small boys will make
slides In the side streets as long as
snow falls and water freezes.
The Nenana news., 1922-08-22
RUTH HITS PAIR OF HOMERS;
 CROWD GIVES HIM OVATION

NEW YORK, Aug. 22-Batting against Chicago. Babe Ruth landed for two nome runs yesterday and the crowd was so pleased the pop ular slugger was carried from the diamond, al the conclusion of the game, on the shoulders of his ad- mirers
 The first homer was made in the first inning, with one man on, and the second, made during the second inning, brought two men home. Ruth now has a total of 26 home runs, a remarkable showing in view of the fact that he has been out of the game a considerable part of the season. ..~".. ..-=: :-a..:. .. "
 Sisler leads the American league batsmen with an average of .410 and also heads the American list of base stealers; Ty Cobb is second OF the list with .405 and Speaker is third with 38O. " ".=-
 Roger Hornsby heads the Nation- al list of swatters with .374 and leads the homerunners with total of 29. Sigsby is second on the bat ting list with .363, and Grimes. of Chicago, is third with 361.
The Nenana news., 1922-08-22
MNlDER SAYS BONUS BILL
 HAS SUPPORT OF SENATORS

WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 22- National Commander MacNider, of the American legion, declared, in a statement made yesterday, that a personal canvass of the bonus bill situation showed a majority of the members of the senate in favor of the bill, and pledged to it's passage.
 Mac Nider predicts that the bill will be passed during the present week
The Nenana news., 1922-08-22
The Winslow Bill

WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 22- The Winslow bill, announcement of the preparation of which was made this morning, was introduced this afternoon. It provides that the coal commission have its report ready to submit to the Government by thu first of January. It is to make such recommendations as will promote continuity of production, efficiency in mining and distribution, and un- interrupted movement of coal in in- terstate commerce, to safeguard the interests of workers, operators and the public. .:.-<..: "
The Nenana news., 1922-08-22
PRESIDENT IS CRITICISED
 FOR ANTI-LABOR TRADE

WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 22- Representative Huddleston, of Ala bama, in a statement made on the floor of the house yesterday, took exception to the attitude of Presi- dent Harding, as indicated in his recent message to Congress. He characterized the Presidents state ments on the industrial situation as. an unfair. unjust and prejudiced statement against the working men who had used the strike as the only instrument known 10 them.