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The New York herald., 1922-03-24

Sc barrel within a few months and
then dropping back in shorter
period to $3.25.
Recent figures on oil production in
dicate that the goal which Mr..
TEAGLE proposed, a years supply held
in reserve tanks. may be reached.
The January production was 43,300.-
900 barrels, gain of 100000 bar
rels over January, 1921. The jan
uary consumption was 45,900,000 bar
rels, a decline of 100000 barrels
compared with January, 1921. Stocks
above the ground were 195,000,00
barrels, equal to 1872 days supply,
the largest reserve reported since
1915. when the reserve stocks were
194, 100000 barrels, which at the rate
of consumption then prevailing was
equal to 224 days supply.
The oil now in storage is sufficient
to last for a little more than three
months. Prices are high enough to
stimulate new production and to en-.
able the oil companies to finance ad-
ditions to the reserve stocks. For
the first time in several years the
accumulation of full years supply
is within the range of possibility.
1t will be good thing for commerce
and industry, as well as for the oil
business, II efforts are not relaxed
until the goal is reached.
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
FRIDAY. MARCH "a. 1922.
Masterful Presentation
s~merica's Claim.

me dispatch to the Allied Govern.
,.,eits, sent by Secretary HUGHES, is
q masterful presentation of Americas
claim for the S241 100000 owed her
for the services of her soldiers on the
Rhine.
The Versailles Treaty expressly
stated that payment for the cost Of
the armies Of occupation should have
priority over all other payments by
Germany. This priority payment for
cost of armies seems to have been
carried out in respect of Belgium,
France and Italy, which countries
have been paid in full, and carried
out in part in respect OF Great Brit
ain, while the claim of the United
States for the expenses of her army
of occupation has been wholly ignored
by the Allied Governments.
From the payments made to the
Allies by Germany in cash and in
kind for account Of army payments
and indemnities France, Belgium.
Great Britain and Italy have allo-
Gated payments in full to France, Bel
gium and Italy for army expenses
and allocated part payment to Great
Britain. From these German pay.
lnents for account of army and in.
demnity payments not SO much as
one cent has been allocated to the
payment of Americas claim for her
army OF occupation on the Rhine.
Considered on the face Of the Amer
ican representation by Secretary
HUGHES there seems to be no escape
from the conclusion, unpleasant as
il is, that America has had a cold
deal in this matter, so cold, in fact,
that it smacks of rank selfishness on
the part Of the allied nations. Worse
than this, it has the seeming of the
purpose to treat America as If she
were an easy thing, which, stripped
Of veneer, is nothing short OF sheer
contempt.
THE New York HERALD commends
y
in upholding the dignity of America
by so forcefully demanding that the
American claim for the expenses OF
her army of occupation be paid from
the German payments to the Allies
precisely as the allied nations have
paid themselves for the expenses of
their armies of occupation from these
German payments for the account OF
army occupation expenses and indem.
mites.
II the Allied Governments had allo-
Gated nothing to themselves from the
German payments for their armies OF
occupation, though empowered to do
so by the Versailles Treaty, the treat
ment Of America would present an
entirely different face. In the alb
sence Of a reply to the Hughes repre-
sentaton by the allied nations the
foregoing deductions seem to be the
only conclusion in sight.
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
discrimination against the Roman
CafhoIfrc

discrimination against the Roman
Catholics.
The Free State Government OF
course cannot help the Ulster situa.
tion unless by clearing the south side
OF the border. COLLINS cannot send
soldiers into Ulsters that would be
invasion. So, with both the north
and the south helpless in the Ulster
war, there appears to be nothing for
the British Government to do but
send troops to line the north side OF
the boundary and repel the invasion
OF the southern guerrillas. British
troops may also be necessary to end
the disorder inside Ulster.
Less firing is heard in the south
Of Ireland, yet there the portents are
ominous. A large part Of the Irish
Republican army threatens to tear
loose from the authority of the Dali
Eireann and choose it's own heads,
ignoring the command of the Dali
Eireann President, ARTHUR GRIFFITH.
This army threat is a page from the
book of Bolshevism. 1t is the idea
of making a government out OF an
army. But as the Irish people know
-as all civilization knows-soldier
government means ruin. An attempt
at soldier government in Ireland
| could only mean that the British
Government, In the interests Of the
Irish Free State, would be, obliged
to reenter Ireland. much AGAINST the
wishes of the English people.
The Free State leaders, COLLINS
and GRIFFITH, are faced with mutiny
and rebellion. They must find means
to convert, disarm or disperse the
Republican army soldiers who have
been misled by DE VALERA and his
illusion of a republic. These are all
young men, most of whom have spent
the last four years in uniform and
who very likely would rather fight
than return to the humdrum OF work.
The existence of a considerable force
of this kind would be more alarming
IL 1t were not for the fact that the
people Of southern Ireland are evil
IDENTIFY still heartily in favor of the
treaty and the Free State.
Soldiers must eat and the De Va
lera warriors will not stick out long
il they have no support from the
people or from the olL source Of the
sinews Of war, America. ;
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
Ireland Doubly Beset.

Ireland. at the very time when she
might be taking long strides in free
dom and prosperity, is beset by two
very unfortunate situations. One is
in Ulster, the other in the south.
The clash in the north is Of the
worst kind, for it is a mixture of
guerrilla warfare, riot, assassination
and general deviltry. Southerners
pnipe Ulstermen; Ulstermen bomb
churches. With all his good inten-
tlons Sir JAMES CnMo. the Ulster
leader, seems unable to bring peace;
he could not even fulfill his agree
ment with COLLINS 70 end the labor
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
Growing Umbrella Handles
Takes Three Years to Produce a
Good Stick.
From the London Daily Mol

From the London Daily Mol.
Because about nine out OF every ten
purchasers Of umbrellas are Influenced
more by the stick than the cover the
cultivation OF fancy sticks on a large
scale is necessary.
Many OF the so-called dandy um-
brella sticks are grown in France,
There this form OF horticulture has been
reduced to science.
The growing OF umbrella and walk
ing sticks Is a slow and tedious busi-
ness. The average time taken to grow
a good stick is three years.
At the end OF the first year instead OF
being encouraged to grow the young
trees are cut down quite short. This
causes them TO throw out new shoots
around the bottom OF the stalk will,
just a tuft or plume at the top.
The bark on the sprouts 10 now cut
and the wood is carved and twisted into
all manner Of fancy shapes and secured
by means OF flexible bands or cords.
Unless the utmost care Is exercised
in cutting the stick just sufficiently to
allow the sap to flow into the wounds
freely the tree dies instead Of the wood
swelling and enlarging the design.
Tho shapes into which the pliable
shoots are trained are either In the
form Of circles, squares, oblongs, figure
cights or the old shepherds crooks.
Every month for three years different
sections OF the fancy stick plantation
are examined and the sticks ready for
cutting are chalk marked.
After cutting each stick Is dried care
fully In the sun and then steamed in a
vapor bath until II Is soft and pliable.
After the sticks are peeled they are
measured and cut TO uniform lengths.
Any bit OF extra carving necessary Is
then dofc and the sticks ore cleaned
and ready for export.
To insure an even number Of sticks
being available each year fresh trees
arc planted as the old ones arc cut
down.
The young shoots are set out 10 much
the same way as are plum, apple and
peach trees. Indeed, 1t is only after
the drastic pruning which takes place
Mt the end of the first year that one
realizes that they are not fruit trees
but umbrella handle trees
The kinds Of wood which lend them
selves best TO the umbrella handle
malscr's art are maple. birch, chestnut
and ash.
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
BLUMENTHAL PORTRAIT SHOWN
Copies 10 Be Placed In All Free
Sons of Israel Lodges.

A life-sizcd portrait OF Benjamin
Blumenthal. who died last August after
having served the Independent Order
Free Sons OF Israel for so years as
United States delegate at large and
grand treasurer was unveiled last night
at Horton Hall. 110 East 125th street.
A copy of the portrait will be placed
in the rodms OF each of the eighty-two
subordinate lodges in the United States.
Maurice B. Blumenthal, former deputy
attorney-general and the eldest son OF
Mr.. Bl,unenthal accepted the portrait
In behalf of the family. Among those
present were NJ Samuel Stern of the
Board of Education. Magistrate Raphael
Tobias Herman Stiefel. assistant COR
poration counsel: Henry M. Goldfogle,
president Of the Tax Board: julius Mil
lcr. president Of Manhattan. and Leo.
pold zimmerman.
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
Booths Words.
The Assassination of Mr.. Lincoln
Described by Major Rathbone.

To THE NEW YonK HERALD: Having
read many versions of what actually
took place and what was said at Fords
Theater, Washington, on the night of
President Lincoln's assassination think
It might not be amiss to give Major II.
r. Rathbone's version OF II. he being the
only man In the box with the President,
He heard a pistol report and through
the smoke he saw a strange man
John Wilkes Booth--whom he instantly
clutched. The stranger dropped his pis-
tol and struck at the Major with dag
ger which he held In his left hand, in
ficting a dangerous wound. At the same
time he leaped over the rail of the box,
still brandishing the dagger. and ex-
claiming as he went over sic semper
tyrannis !"
In his descent his spur caught In an
American flag which draped the Presi-
dents box, causing him TO twist his ankle
as he alighted on the corner of the stage.
Turning 10 the audience he murmured
1.-THE South is avenged" J. AMOS
NEW YORK, March 23
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
Governor Miller's Wise Course.

Governor MILLER has acted with
wisdom and practical business sense
ia calling on the Mayor OF New York
city for advice and information in
respect OF the bills affecting counties
in this city passed by the Legislature.
There are many OF these measures
and they contemplate serious addi-
tions to the tax burden.
Under the New York Constitution
a special bill affecting a city, as dis.
tinguished from general bill affect
Ing the whole State, must be sent
by the legislative chamber in which
II originates to the Mayor of the city
concerned for his approval or veto
If he approves II the bill goes al
once to the Governor, to be accepted
or rejected by him. II the Mayor
refuses to approve the bill the Legis
iature must pass II over his veto be
ss-e submitting 1t to the Governor
for his action.
There Is no constitutional provi
sion for q similar submission OF spe
cial county bills to any authority. But
where county is wholly within q
city and Its financial affairs are man
aged by that city, as Is the case with
Bronx. Kings, New York, Queens and
p4a.uond Y counties, all Of which are
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
Austrian View of Prohibition.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: May
suggest that as an offset to the state
ment OF Premier Poincare in favor OF
wine, which you published, you give
equal prominence to the statement OF
Mr.. Hainisch. the head OF the Austrian
Republic. in u recent message to the
people Of the United States, in which
ne says, among other things:
Il regard the Eighteenth Amendment
10 the Federal Constitution OF the United
States of America as one OF the greatest
and most far reaching pieces OF leglsla-
tlon ever enacted by any nation OF the
civilized world"
CHARLES Il. MAHIERsE.
NEW York, March 20.
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
To the Folks Back Home.

Your Representatives in Congress
jamned the bonus bill through the
House yesterday by gag methods
exactly as was expected.
The Fordneys, the Mondells and
the Longworths compelled the
Speaker of the House to yield to
their demands for the suspension Of
the rules, which permitted them to
force the bill through without amend.
ment.
The House Is accustomed to dis
cuss bills and make such amendments
in them as seem wise. This Is the
general method of legislation In the
House Of Representatives. Even the
small bills Of the pork barrel type
are not forced through by gag rule.
But heaping further debt of billions
and billions and billions OF dollars on
top Of our already staggering debt
means nothing to the Fordneys. the
Mondells and the. Longworths SO.
long as it is you who pays the bills,
and inasmuch as the passage of this
bonus measure inures to their politi'
cal advantage as they see 1t.
Twenty-seven of the New York
delegation voted for the bonus, thir-
teen against 1t. Eight of the New
Jersey voted for the bonus, four
against it. All five of Connecticut's
delegation voted against the bonus.
In our news columns you will find
the names of all those in New York,
New Jersey and Connecticut who
voted for the bonus and voted against
it, It is important that you cut this
list out of the paper and keep it with
you for use at the right time.
That these Representatives of
yours have sold you out for their
own political interest you may feel
certain, and you may also feel certain
these very men who have voted for
the bonus to-day for political rea-
sons are in the large majority against
the bonus personally--against the
bonus in their own hearts. There
ballot box consideration is indeed an
expensive matter for you and will
continue to be so until you get rid OF
the men who give you the lash Of the
master and sell you out every time
they can do so to their own adyan-
tage.
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
The Path OF Spring.
Frop inc Kansas citv star

: From, the Kansas CITY star.
walked along tho sprlngtimc path
Where bated sweetness everywhere.
Like youth that leavons craving years,
Brcathed tender promise on the air.
l heard bird with golden notes
Pipe summons clear to summers
choir.
Soft clouds like ladies' slken scarfs
TraiIed out around the distant spirc
A nccromency widely wrought
Made mellow music all about.
Deep throated whistles on the wind
Died like a silver bugle ont.
A festive look the somber earth
Dcmurely wore for man and maid,
And falling petals crowned the head
Where breeze with shining tressc'
played.
A hand invisible but near
Had draped In velvet deli and dune,
And softly from the friendly hedge
Trillcd busy insects happy Groom.
MArpr rr vrRsr NrwTo%
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
The Mental Deficiency Bill.

Governor MILLER has before him
Senator KNIGHTS mental deficiency
bill, which was passed by the Legis,
lature in it's hurried last hours. The
bill was slightly amended after THE
New YORK HERALD showed the cruel
outrages 1t would permit, but the
amendments were not of such nature
as TO make the measure proper and
necessary.
The knight bill would make it pos.
sible for any busybody to cause the
arrest of an apparently" mentally
defective person, no matter how
harmless the person might be. II
would encourage the arrest of many
persons who might otherwise spend
their whole lives at home with their
mental defects secret OF no i'm
portance to the outer world. 1t
would permit the mental state of anv
accused person to be determined by
any court, whereas the present law
puts that grave responsibility on Su-
preme and county courts.
We now have law regarding the
treatment of the mentally deficient
1t was passed only three years ago.
1t does not permit the malicious
things which the Knight bill counte.
nances. The present law works well.
The proposed substitute is an en-
croachment on personal rights and a
breeder Of more bureaucracy. We
cannot think that Governor MILLER
will permit IL to become law.
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
The Flower Of Memory.

wandered down the lane OF memory
Seeking to pluck some flower that I
might keep.
Before dim recollection fell asleep
And would no more reveal the past to
me:
There were so many blossoms. such .
OF color seemed to biilow and to
sweep
About me. that scarce knew what to
reap
Or what to leave In dim obscurity.
I paused moment. suddenly knew.
was as one VINO searching. finds the
keys
To some lost paradise: quite for
got
The other flowers OF other memories.
l only saw your wondrous eyes OF blue
Smile up at me and say "forget-me-
not 70
ELISABETH SCOTLAND.
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
Let All See "Civic Virtue"

After the furor which the Mac
Monnies statue OF "Civic Virtue" has
caused there is only one course for
the city to take. That is to put the
sculpture on its base in City Hall
Park and let the people view it.
Undoubtedly popular taste and the
American spirit would have been bet
ter suited II the principal site in
City Hall Park were occupied by a
monument Of another kind, for in
stance. heroic statue of WASHING
ToS on horseback. For at that very
spot WASHINGTON. sitting in his sad
die, listened to the Declaration OF
Independence as 1t was read to his
soldiers on July 8. 1776.
The facts which exist, however,
must be considered. The city ac-
cepted the Crane bequest OF 100000
for fountain monument. The old
fountain site was chosen as the place
for ii. The Art Commission ap-
proved the MacMonnies design and
made contract with the sculptor.
Now there is some clamor that the
work is objectionable.
There are perhaps million New
Workers whose curiosity has been
aroused by the discussion of "Civic
Virtue" They should be permitted
to see Mr.. MAcMoNNIEs's product. If
the statue is an abomination the city
need not keep 1t unless 1t wishes to.
But IL popular judgment is to be
accepted on municipal art let us hear
from a million judges, not a hundred.
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
BELGIAN LIEUTENANT
KILLED BY GERMANS

BRUSSELS March 23.--.A Belgian lieu
tenant In uniform was shot several times
and killed to-day by four young civilians
while riding in tramway car between
Ruhrort and Walsun. In the occupied
area near Dusseldorf.
A German police officer was killed In
the same vicinity yesterday by a Bel
eian gendarme and the Belgian authors
ties believe the murder of the lieutenant
was an act of reprisal.
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
Real Punishment for Bandits.

To THE New YonR Herald The daily
reports OF robberies' do not decrease,
notwithstanding Commissioner Enright's
statement that New York is the best
governed city under the SUM-"
To improve conditions the first requi-
site is that crime and politics must part
company. II o thief Is sent TO sing Sing
for five or ten years he should stay
there and the term should not be re-
ducod to a few months, as has been 40
often done. CITIZEN.
NEW YoRK, March %.
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York: Fair and
warmer to-day; tomorrow cloudy an
somewhat colder; moderate TO fresh
south shifting to west and nortas-
winds.
For New Jersey: Fair and warnivf
to-day; tomorrow cloudy, colder Il,
north portion moderate south ana
southwest winds. becoming variable.
For Northern New England: Fair and
warmer to-day; tomorrow fair ami
slightly colder; moderate south, shifting
to west winds.
ior Southern New England: Fair and
warmer to-day; tomorrow fair, somc-
what colder on the mainland moderats
to fresh south, shifting to west winds.
For Western New York: Cloudy To-
day and Tomorrow, probably becoming
unsettled; warmer to-day. somewhat
colder Tomorrow; moderate south, shift
Ing to west winds.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-Pressrra
continued high over the Eastern section
OF the country to-day, atterdea by gen
orally fair weather. The weather be-
came warmer east OF the Mississippi
River except in Now England and alons
the south Atlantic coast, while colder
weather overspread the Northwest.
TIE indications are for mostly fair
weather Tomorrow and Saturday in the
States east OF the Mississippi River
although there win be considerable
cloudiness with probability of showers
Saturday in the Ohio Valley, Tennessee
and the east Gulf States and rain or
snow In portions of the upper lake
regions.
Warmer weather will prevail to-mor
ow in the Atlantic States. the lower
lake region and the upper Ohio Valley.
and mild temperature will continue from
the Ohio Valley and the middle Atlantic
States southward Saturday, while some
what colder weather will overspread
the lake region and the north Atlantic
States Tomorrow night or Saturday.
Observations at United States Weather B,,-
reau stations, taken at p. M. yesterday,
ssventy-fifth meridian time;
Tafnu I'm
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
Neighborliness in Florida.
From Inc punta Garda Hcroid

From the Puntd Gordn Herald.
The men Of solana responded nobly TO the
cause OF tho needy" Illness came 10 the
homo OF Mr.. summcrvillc and J. II. Belt,
pixie highway. There was tho garden truck
and fruit urgently In need Of attention. De-
sides there was the care vf the two men
confined TO their beds. helpless. The men
of solann volunteered 70 relieve the sltua-
tion and accordingly last Monday twenty ar
rived al the Bolt home and proceeded TO
rcstore order. They picked and packed
fruit and vegetables. cultivated and sprayed
ana repaired tr.nr- renerrvy
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
Strength.

My life Is bounded N
BY no circumstance,
Nor hedgod about
BY chance nor by mischance.
II is my own
Ny own 70 make or mar.
Ny own to tic to earth
Or to q star.
| recognize no fate
IL lies In me
TO make my life
What 7 would have II be.
AmGAIL w. CPEsaoN
The New York herald., 1922-03-24

Three earthquakes have disturbed
Missouri In two days. and residents of
the district subjected to the tremors
are willing to admit that with regard
to seismic disturbances they have been
shown quite enough.
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
Mis.nnri CIVIC Prnrrrss.

From the Amorot Leader.
Tho town Of Amoret is stu improving
We now have jewelry man and dentist
who is here only certain days OF the week.
The New York herald., 1922-03-24

II the youthful criminals who are
now conspicuous before the public are
as bad as they say they are the State
might well enact a statute providing
for the protection of the morals Of
adults against the corruption OF ju-
Ycniles.
The New York herald., 1922-03-24

Thc Associated Press IS exclusively entitled
a. lie mse Tor republication Of all news d.
patches credited to II or not otherw.ss
credited IN this paper, and also the locEi
news published horciu
sn ra9str of republication ~ special siv
u fu4 ts4f
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
MOTHER EAnTm TREMBLEs.

Sri LOUIS. Mo-. March 23.--Scismol.
ogists OF Sc. Louis University to-day
ascrihod weak spots" IN the Ornament
as causing old mother earth TO trembe
IN parts 81 six states surrounding s.
Louis late yesterday. The earth
tremors shaking homes and buildings
for from twelve 20 eighteen seconds
radiatod 15o to $50 miles southeastward
from here.
The New York herald., 1922-03-24

As women are so deferentiaily
treated In Mayor HYLAS's buses IL Is
no wonder Hizzoner cannot bear TO
SEQ siren stamped on even In q
scu,Iptured allegory.
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
On The snnd..

Time--Iiow on earth can ! make the foot
prints -ho~ tho rriorhe- arc naSucs's;s
The New York herald., 1922-03-24
INDEPENDENTS TO GIVE BALL,
Artists Now Giving Most Attention
to Clothes.

The question of clothes is concerning
the independent painters themselves this
The New York herald., 1922-03-24

THE New York HERALD was founded by
the sole property of It's founder until his
death. IN 1872. when hi5 son. also James
Gordon Bennett. succeeded 20 the ownership
Of the paper. which remained In his hands
until his death, In 1918. THE HERALD be-
came the property Of Frank A. Munsey, its
present owner, in 1920.