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The New York herald., 1922-01-07
Immortality.

From the Spectator.
When on the sluggish tide OF time
The immortal moment comes
Whose bugle call thrills with a cleaning
edge
Flesh and all stuff of the material world,
The soldier soul, with that swift dlsci-
pllne
wherewith keen life answers the hearts
desire,
Leaps on the deed. as tiger leaps or
fawn.
AS powder answers FIRE.
Soul Is the perfect athlete. running free
Among the clear winds Of reality
For whom dim speculation and tn,
thought
That measured. weighed and sought
In worlds unreal those cloudy paradlses
And comfortable prizes
For loveless rules obeyed are less thar
nought.
The eternal moment being his vital air
He cannot ask or care.
Whether his burning act shall SOW the
seeds
OF other life and deeds,
Or IL his being, ardent. pure, Intact,
Die on tho summit Of the immortal act
MARTIN ARMSTRONG.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07
Mere Saving for the State.

Governor MILLER is going to see
that food, coal and other articles of
consumption needed by the State are
bought the way chain hotels, steam
ship companies and other great bust
ness organizations buy them.
New York State is big buyer of
supplies. For its various charitable,
medical, penal and other institutions
Of the kind it lays out in food. fuel
and other supplies more than $1,000,.
900 month. Altogether 1t spends on
supplies nearly 100000 a month.
But as there Is no central buying
agency, with no consolidation Of pur.
chases and no general exchange of
information as to prices, there are
great variations in results obtained
among the various departments and
institutions.
In a single month there has been
as wide range as "a cents pound
In the prices paid for butter in the
various institutions and 81 a barrel
on potatoes. Sixty different brands
and kinds Of soap were found to be
in use with as many varieties OF
prices for them. An examination of
forty-seven standard commodities
bought for the three main institu
tional groups at cost of $3,700,0 900
showed that if the whole lot had
been bought at the best prices paid
for part of the purchases by the bet
ter buyers there would have been a
saving of nearly $31S,000 on the lot
Applied to all the purchases in the
principal institutional groups that
rate of saving would have amounted
to more than a million dollars,
Another practice of the State buy
ers which will astonish business men
is that no advantage is ever taken OF
trade discounts, no matter how large
the discount saving might be and nc
matter how much money may be lying
in the treasury ready for the payment
of bills.
Governor MILLER recommends tc
the Legislature the creation Of a de
partment of purchase and supply to
do all buying for departments and
/ institutions and to be responsible to
the Executive. If he gets such an
agency set up and properly working
he estimates it can save $2,500.000 a
year for the State. There ought to
be no doubt about getting it.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07

without sacrifice of quality, as recent
purchasers of motor cars will testify.
On the contrary, there have been
advances in nearly every department
of automotive engineering. assem-
bling and body building which give
the purchaser better car.
No greater tribute could be paid
to the American automobile indus
try than that which is recorded in
the volume of our motor car exports.
Although these exports have fallen off
in the last twelve months they still
rank far ahead of similar exports
by other countries. They are in the
vanguard of our chief exports of
manufactures. Where the automo-
bile critics and testers of the for
eign press a few years ago scored
most American cars on the ground
of poor quality, they now employ
superlatives in praising both engi-
neering and body designs Of the
Yankee product. The last few years
have made the American car famil-
lar in foreign countries, not only
in cities but in deserts and waste
places, wherever there is road and
In a good many places where there
are no roads. The industry is look
ing forward, not backward. 1t has
its eye on both domestic and foreign
markets. Lessons of the past are
applied to the future. The twenty
second annual automobile show will
not close without proving that in
1922 American mechanical genius
and artistic ability as applied to the
problem of swift and comfortable
road travel are as virile and as much
imbued with the spirit that triumphs
as they were the day the first cnug-
ging single cylindered motor car
took off on its path to fame.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07
Senator Newberry's Opportunity

The United States Senate, which
by virtue of the Constitution Is the
judge of the election and qualifica-
tions of its members, is expected
within a few days to come to vote
on the question of whether TRUMAN
H. NEwBERRY of Michigan, who de
feated HENRY FORD in the election of
1918, Is to retain his seat.
To some statesmen and newspa-
pers this matter appears in the light
of q considerable issue within the
Republican party. Others regard 1t
as an issue chiefly of Importance to
the Senate itself.
Both of these angles may be visible
to Senator NEwBERRY; probably they
are. But there is third and very
important angle, and this is the
issue between Senator NEwBERRY and
himself.
Putting aside the honesty or falsity
Of the charges of corrupt practices
which were made against the New
berry campaign and assuming that
Senator NEwBERRY was personally
guiltless Of any conscious violation
Of law or ethics, the fact remains
that FoRD's persistent charges for
three years have raised the Newberry
case to the dignity Of real issue.
The case has reached stage when
no matter what the weight of evil
dence for or against-the vote in the
Senate will be regarded as a political
vote.
Under those circumstances, even II
Senator NEwBERRY's right to his seat
should be sustained by the Senate,
he would inevitably be handicapped
by the incessant war that has been
made on him for the last three years.
The very fact that he is a member
OF the political party dominant in
the Senate would be a matter of en-
barrassment.
Some of the best friends of Sen.
ator NEwBERRY, jealous for the pres
ervation of the good record he made
in his country's service, believe that
under the circumstances 1t would be
the brave thing and the wise thing
for him to resign his seat and submit
his case to the people of the State of
Michigan by standing for reelection.
In that course lies the only way
to that clear cut vindication which
a man of TRUMAN NEwBERRY's char
acter must desire far more than he
desires mere continuance in the
Senate.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07
Three Bandits in Trouble.
They Attacked Sheriff 0'Brien and
His Brothers Interyened.

To THE New YORK HERALD: II some
times happens that desperadoes wake
up the wrong customers. Thus a good
many years ago Sheriff Jimmy O'Brien
asked his brothers. Pat, Stephen. Larry
and John, to be at his home on Thirty
fourth street near Lexington avenue one
evening at 10 o'clock.
They were at the door when the
Sheriff was attacked three doors away
by three highwsymen. Believe me, they
had a tough Job. did those highwaymen.
Pat. Larry. steve and John rushed at
them and rained blows on them and
pretty soon the highwaymen had to be
taken 70 Bellevue Hospital.
Their pistols. which they did not have
time TO use, were soon decorating the
rooms OF the O'Briens.
CLARENCE ID. LEvEY.
New YORK, January 8.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07
Jeritza as Elsa at the Metropolitan
Wagner's Text Used as Viennese Soprano Is Heard
Her Singing the Weaker Element of Her Performance

callers, many of whom she had met dur
ing her recent visit at Washington. Lady
Annesley is stopping at the, Chatham
and will be In New York a month.
With Mr.. CASTOR Liebert, Consul-Gen-
eral of France, In Box IA, In addition TO
his daughter. Miss Madeleine Liebert,
were Mr.. and Mrs. Pietri of Paris. MIR.
Pietri is connected with the French del
egation to the armament conference. He
accompanied Mr.. Clemenceau on the for
mer French Premiers trip to India and
the Far East
The Duke and Duchesse de Richelieu,
Princess Eugenia Ruspoli and Mrs. j.
Sergeant Cram were in Box 8.
In Box 1 with Mrs. Cornelius Wander
bilt were Mr.. and Mrs. George Henry
Warren, Jr., and Miss Grace Vanderbilt.
The guests of Mrs. Frederick Pearson
in Box 2 were Mrs. Adrian Iselin. Mrs.
Moses Taylor Campbell and Messrs.
Albert Morris Bagby, William c. Reick,
Charles E. Sampson and Benjamin S.
Welles.
In Box 13 the group included Mrs.
Whitney Warren. Mr.. and Mrs. Felix d.
Doubleday, Mrs. Newbold lie Roy Edgar.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gray Griswold and
Messrs. Charles A. Mum and Richard
Peters.
The party with Mrs Charles A. Childs
included Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. p.
Richardson and Messrs. George Ledlie
and Edwin Clarence Moller.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Stewart Barney were
accompanied In Box 20 by Miss Mary
Alice Barney and Miss Lucille Baldwin.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lenox Banks. Jr..
Miss Audrey Hoffman and Mrs. John r.
Drexel, Jr., were In Box s.
Mrs. Belmont Tiffany and Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Gouverneur Wellman were with
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams Burden in Box 80.
Others in the audience were Miss
Sarah Schuyler Butler, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles II. Marshall and Mr.. and Mrs.
William Fahnestock.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07

production. There were undoubted
signs of age in more than one case.
Comedy had as rule retained its
freshness longer than the serious
episodes. What might have happened
IL the managers had revived plays
thirty years old it is not possible to
foretell with certainty.
Swift failure would in all probable
ity have been the result. So the
French playwrights with their early
works again in their possession are
going to find it difficult to make use
Of them.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07

fight one another and the signs which
used to be openly displayed over the gin
palaces in London, "a good drunk for a
penny. A dead drunk for tuppence."
were cast into outer darkness with the
appreciation and consent Of the proprie-
tors of those places.
We cannot make men by law or any
thing else better than they want to be.
But our prohibition friends do not seem
willing to wait for the growth of public
opinion but must force people to be more
moral and temperate than they wish to
be. Consequently grand 1uries viii not
indict and trial juries will not convict.
BROOKLYN, January G. Z. s. B., Sr.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Fair to-day
and tomorrow; no change In tempera-
lure: moderate west winds.
FOR New Jersey-Fair to-day and to-mor-
row; no change in temperature; gentle 10
moderate northwest winds.
For Northern New England-Fafr to-Awv
ana Tomorrow; no change In temperaf,,r
moderate westerly winds.
for Southern New England-Fair TODAY
anu anu .o-morrow; no change In temperature;
FOR Western New York-GcneralIy fair To-
Gay ana Tomorrow: slowly rising temnera-
'ure' gentle to moderate northwest winds.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Pressure In nov,
mish ,n,, generally east of the Rocky Mountains,
ana IL is low over the Canadian maritima
provinces. the western Canadian provlncea
and California. There have been rains w:sn.-.
the last twenty-four hours along the south
Atlantic and Gulf coasts and in the Pacifis
states. except southern California and snc,y
ilurries In the region OF the great lakes In
other parts Of the country the weather re-
There was a considerable fall in tempera
ture within the last twenty-four hours in the
Atlantic and Gulf States and the western
s oanaaian provinces. Temperatures now
considerably below normal generally over the
United States. except along the south At
lantic coast. -
The outlook is for unsettled weather In the
soutn Atlantic and east Gulf States, and fair
weather in other parts of the country east
OF the Mississippi Rived tomorrow and Sun
DAY. The temperature will be lower to-
morrow In South Carolina, Georgia and ex-
slowly In the Ohio Valley and the region Of
the great lakes for the next forty-eight hours
IN other sections east of the Mlssissippi
River the temperature changes will be unirn-
rortant.
Irpo ,<T Tr.,t&.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07
Year Ends.

To THE New YORK HERALD: J. Craig.
remarking the fact that the week, month
and year all passed out together on the
same day in 1921. asks when II will
happen again.
In the present century It has pre-
viously occurred in 1904 and 1910 and
will occur again In 1927. 1882, 1898.
f949. 1855 1860. 1866. 1877. 1888. 1888
and 1924. fourteen times.
In the last century II occurred fifteen
times. as follows: 1903. 1903, 1914. 1925.
1881. 1896, 1912. 1853. 1859. 1854. 1870.
1881, 1887, 1892 and 1898.
GEORGE HENRY MCKEE.
DARLINGTON, $. C.. January 4.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07
RUSSIAN CELLIsT RETURNS.

Joseph Press. young Russian cell
list. who came to this country and
gave a successful recital here last
month. was heard in a second
program of cello music at Aeolian Hall
last evening. with Gregory Ashman at
the plano. His playing again demon
strated his fine musicianship. his beau
tiful tone and an ability to command
with ease the technic of his instrument
His selections mostly out of the beaten
track, included Sain-Saens's A Minor
Concerto. opus 33, followed by a prelude
of Bach and other shorter pieces. Two
numbers marked for a first hearing
were Rosovsky's Hebrew Melody" and
a Scotch PASTORAL by Gustave Saen-
ger.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07
A Fox and the Wolf.

A fur merchant in search or cheap
advertising turned a fox loose in
crowded Fifth avenue. The animals
leg was hurt by vehicle. A large
part of the community became indig-
nant. People wrote to the newspa-
pers. The fur man was promptly
hailed to court by the S. P. c. A.
A few thousand miles away the
central figure of another pitiful hap
pening is not fox but wolf-the
wolf of famine. The dispatches from
Moscow say that the deaths from
hunger in the Volga region instead
Of being only 100000 will be 5,OO0,-
900 at the lowest estimate and may
reach 100000.
The Volga horror. not being as
easily visualized or believed as the
fox's adventure, took a long time
to move this generally sympathetic
country. Then, aroused by the
graphic narratives Of THE New York
HERALD's correspondent, Sir PHILIP
GIBBS, and by the reports of the
American Relief Commission, this
Government appropriated 100000 900
to buy and send grain to the starv-
ing Russians. For this deed thanks
are due to President HARDING and to
the Congress which quickly and
favorably acted upon his appeal in
spite of the ignoble protests of Sen
ator WATSON Of Georgia.
But the spirit which made sympa-
thy for the fox and which, on a
larger and better scale, caused Con-
gress to act in the Russian emer-
gency is a spirit which does not
seem to permeate everybody.
No sooner had Congress passed the
relief bill, including a clause which
stated that the grain must be carried
in American ships, than the rates
On grain from the United States to
Russia were raised 80 per cent. by
some American shipping companies.
This is on the authority of HERBERT
HOOVER, who declares that American
ships are demanding $3.50 a ton
where foreign ships charge only So.
Every dollar more spent on transpor-
tation means a dollar less of food for
the hungry.
Mr.. Hoover says he cannot under.
stand this remarkable rise in rates.
1t is, indeed, very hard for any warm
hearted American to understand.
Perhaps it is all mistake. Per-
haps the men who own these ships
we're busy writing letters denounc-
ing the treatment Of the Fifth avenue
fox and while they were so engaged
some underling, some Scrooge, raised
the grain rates without their knowl.
edge or consent.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07
Underground d Moons.
Name for Lunar Phases Completed
Between Setting and Rising.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Answer
ing the question regarding underground
moons asked by r. M. S. Putnam. let
me say they are so called because they
are phases of the moon which are COM
pleted when the moon is between set
ting and rising. that is. under the earth.
For example, the new moon OF April
81. this year. occurs at IL :55 P. NJ.
which Is when both sun and moon are
under your feet. On Antipodes Island.
which is in 40 degrees south latitude
and 179 degrees east longitude. 1t is
just five minutes before IL noon at the
same time you have IL :55 p. NJ. here !:
SO you see 1t is not an underground
moon there.
There is no difference In the influence
of such n moon on the weather or any
thing else. WILLIAM B. HALsEY.
BROOKLYN, January 6.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07
MISS Fox,s RECITAL.

Miss Dorothy Fox. soprano. gave a
song recital yesterday afternoon in the
National Theater before q large audi
ence. Her program was Of tasteful. but
limited selection. Many Of the songs
were of a somewhat somber mood and
they were largely by present day
writer's. Miss Fox has a good voice
which she uses admirably, IL within a
seemingly limited range Of interpreta-
ton. She sang well three interesting
songs by Respighi-his ''E Sc Un Tor
nasse." IT Fauni" and "Nebbie"-as she
sang generally well all her other num-
berS.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07
Want Of nm Ex-Service Man.

To THE New York HERALD: An ex-
service man of character. ability and
education is under contract to finish a
course Of musical studies.
He finds It difficult to practice on the
instrument he is studying. the cello
owing TO Illness Of one Of the tenants
where he resides. lie wishes to find a
place to practice several hours daily.
Are there any such places available In
New York city? JOHN s. MAXWELL.
EpeEwArrR, ". j., January Q.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07
The Andamans.

(East India Penal Settlements)
Far off specks In sultry seas,
Red gray sands and trembling trees
Coral reef and heavy air.
These the Islands of Despair.
Shackled men with tiger eyes
Sweating under copper skies,
Evil souls from distant Hind
SIva's children of the wind.
Some who had an oath to keep
Paying up with vengeance deep
Lovers who their own have slain
Welded now to bah and chain.
Hopeless. they can only rage
Like a leopard In its cage:
The forever lost are there
In these Islands of Despair!
Don c. SErrz.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07
EXPLAINED at Last.

First Library Lion--The city has cut tho
new books appropriation In half.
Second Library Lion-Now know why
we look so disgusted.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07

Highest temperature. AZ. at . p. NJ.
Lowest Temperature. 81, at midnight.
Average temperature. 80.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07
AZ the Peariy Gate.

Saint Peter-weil. I'm one ticket chopper
who can't be ousted by a turnstllc.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07
OPERA TO AID uosPITAL.

The annual performance for the beno-
fit Of tho Pro-r.aiisn Hospital o: thir
city will be given tonight In the Mot
ropolitan Oporn House. There vii; be
a double bill. "Cavalleris Pus,icanc"
will be sung. with Mines. Rosa Pons"ile,
Flora Pcrlni and Louise Borat. eLrf
Nessrs. Beniamino. C!gli and Nias
picco In the cast. and "Pagliacci." with
Mines. Lucrczia Bori and Messrs. Titta
Ruffo. Giuiio Crimi. Mario Laurenti and
Angelo Bada- There has been a large
salo Of boxes and seats.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07

The Associated preas IL exclusively entitled
20 lilo uss for republication Of all news dis,
patches cicdvoS TO n or not otherw'ss
cred,ted IN Tits paper. an5 also the local
news published herein
Al rights OF republication os special sis-
patches herein arv slso reserves.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07

1t having been proved that checkers
was played in ancient Egypt perhaps
that explains to those not sympathetic
why current games look as IL they
were started with the pyramids.
The New York herald., 1922-01-07

In Detroit when revenue men raid
a former saloon they conhscate not
only the wood alcohol found on the
premises but the wooden bars also.
AS many of the latter are polished
planks Of mahogany. teak or other
rare and valuable wood 1t Is planned
TO convert them into thousands OF ar
tistic souvenirs to be sold for hos
pital funds. Why not to pay the
national debt?
The New York herald., 1922-01-07
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.

The temperature in this city yesterday, as
recorded by the official thermometer. Is
shown in the annexed table.
Evening star., 1922-11-15
50-Lb. An-Layer Felt
Mattresses at $11.95

Just in time for those home-overs who
have reconstructed their homes for the winter
months. Also hotel, institution and boarding.
house managers urged to see these mat
tresses. Built to give the maximum of rest and
comfort.
Made of alLlayer felt, built layer upon layer;
covered in striped ticking. Has rolled edge,
tufted close, and ,ciH last for years. At $11.95
Palais Royal-Fourth
Evening star., 1922-11-15
PLANE WITHOUT Human
PILOT CALLED SUCCESS
Automatic Control Device Said to
Be Dependable and
Accurate.

| The most important postwar de-
,,velopment Of the many novel ideas Of
new engines of war was announced
yesterday by the Army air service in
the form Of q pilotless airplane.
equipped with an automatic control
device and said to be more accurate
and dependable than any human pilot.
This plane, 1t was added. has been de-
veloped to a point where 1t has made
successful flights Of more than ninety
miles an hour.
would lead the way to new methods
of bombing, as it would be entirely
/! practical to. load the craft with ex-
plosives that would discharge upon
F.! contact with great destructive effect
against any target on land or water.
dicted. would be discovered as the ex-
periments continued and the expert
| ence in the new field of flying broad
| ened.
! Gyroscope for Brains.
| OF the automatic pilots being ex-
| perimented with by the Army air
! service. the statement continued,
| full to date can be described as using
a gyroscope for Its brains and bel
lows or pneumatics. similar to those
used in player-pianos. for Its
muscles.
THE ability Of a balanced rotating
mass, moving on frictionless bear
ings," the statement said, Ito main
| tain it's position in space so long AS
it is not acted upon by outside forces
is called a gyroscopic force. This
force Is made use of in the stabilizing
and directing of the airplane on a
| true course. Two separate and dis
tinct gyroscope units are used TO:
| this purpose. The function of one Is
| to direct the lateral and Longitudinal
variations in flight and the other to
maintain a true direction.
Driven by Electricity.
These gyroscopes are electrically
driven from a generator geared to the
airplane engine and run continuously
during the flight.
I'm actual work with these auto
matte pilots" the announcement said.
! Hundreds of automatic take-offs and
a number of automatic flights Of
ninety miles and more have been
made. This pilot is capable Of being
mounted in any type airplane and in
bumpy weather will hold a plane
much steadier than a human pilot and
will carry it on an absolutely true
course, regardless Of fog or adverse
weather conditions"
Evening star., 1922-11-15
NOTED HUMORIST DEAD
WITH SMILE ON HIS FACE
Found With Lighted Cigarette Be.
tween Lips and Bullet Through
His Heart.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 15.-Lying
against the mossy bank of a secluded
| ravine in the Bronx, a lighted ciga-
rette dangling from his smiling lips,
the lifeless body of Arthur Crawford
actor. humorist, "the man of a wealth
of funny IDEAS" was found. a bullet
wound in the heart. A revolver lay
at his side.
The report of the shot. heard by
Thomas Lille, a passer-by, attracted
him to the ravine. He summoned po-
licemen and in Crawford's pocket
! they found a letter. addressed to his
! son, an instructor in physical educa-
| ton at Columbia University. and a
| will. The letter contained a key to a
| safety deposit vault and informed the
son he would find $4,000 in the Bank
Of Montreal.
! Born f1fty-five years ago in Mon
! treal. Crawford was graduated at
| Lincoln College. at Sorrel, Quebec,
and from the Royal Military College
| at Kingston. Ontario. He began his
career in 1892. in the drama Dart
moor" and later appeared in other
stage productions. He left the stage
! in 1896 to write paragraphs, jokes
and anecdotes for humorous publica-
iions.
He was widely known as IA c."
For years he had furnished artists
with ideas for many of their best
pieces. and behind the artists name
on such drawings. after a plus sign
appeared his initials.