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The New York herald., 1922-08-29
Pennsylvania Mining Law.
Special Dangers of Operation In the
Anthracite Field.

To THE New York HERALD: &c. G,
H." wishes to know IL there Is any good
reason why the Legislature of Pennsyl-
vania should not repeal the law reduir-
ing a certificate of two years employ
ment in coal mine before one can OBJ
tain work as a miner.
Evidently your correspondent Is not
informed on the subject or he would
not have asked the question. For what
purpose does he suppose the law was
placed on the statute books? Nothing
else but for the preservation OF life.
Coal mining in the anthracite mines
OF Pennsylvania Is no occupation for q
novice, and were an inexperienced man
to attempt to mine coal there would soon
be a great calamity Tho mines are
filed with explosive gases and the great
est care must be exercised to avoid ex-
plosions by igniting these gases. Then,
too. before coal Is mined it must be
blasted loose from the veins by means
of powder charges, and this feature is
the real heart OF the anthracite miners
danger, since oftentimes after a blast
there occurs fallen roof which either
kills or imprisons the miner.
Thus, II the law were repealed and
tho mines opened to anybody. regardless
of his experience, wonder II &C. G.
H." would like to take his chances 1000
feet below the surface with a bunch of
novices setting Off blasts. d. JEROME.
NEW YORK, August 2s.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
Opera in Summer.

While ANpREAs DrPPEL is travelling
from one city Of the middle West to
another with a scheme for establish
ing something like permanent opera
company in every town capable Of
supporting il there is simultaneously
developing in various cities a taste
for musical performances by local
singers. This is the first evidence that
the smaller American towns may,
like those Of Europe. maintain their
own operatic organizations.
The Municipal Opera Company Of
st. Louis has just completed another
season so successful that substan-
tial sum OF money remains in the
treasury with which to finance next
years campaign. Its representations,
given during the summer months, are
confined TO high class operettas. They
have the advantage Of beautiful
site in the largest OF the city's parks.
The chorus is in the main composed
ct local singers, who prepare them
selves during the winter for their
share of the work.
or similar musical material were
the offerings Of the operetta company
that sang this summer with success
In Baltimore, although 1t made some
what OF n specially Of GILBERT and
surLrvAr's worksA There was no par
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
Harbor Night.

Down stream the beat OF paddles on the
night
Forecasts the pleasure seekers late
return:
A river steamer marked by uncon-
Germ
Floats grandly past, citadel OF light
The harbor sky is flushed from distant
shore,
Where CLEANS the Terminals electric
blaze;
Here ferries shunt through endless
nights and days.
Their tedious passage on the rolling
floor.
Twin lights that top the blazing red and
green
Mark where an ocean tug drags far
astern
Her string Of freighted barges soon to
turn
From sheltered waters out where hulls
careen.
The arc lights on the pier head ning
their glare
In cold blue streams across the
troubled flows:
Far off a steamers siren family
blows,
And midnight dcepens where the black
shapes fare.
THOMAS J. MURRAY.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
Mr.. Coolidge Opens Graphic Arts Show
Says Press May Exert Great Power in Improving
Industrial Conditions.

BOSTON. Aug. ga graphic arts
exposition was formally opened in the
Mechanics Building, this afternoon by
Vice-President Calvin Coolidge. who.
after emphasizing the power OF the
printed word. pressed the button which
flooded tho halls with light and set
in motion printing presses and other
machinery utilized by the printing
crafts. With the Vice president on the
platform was Mrs. Ellen Duane Davis,
the great-great granddaughter of Ben
jamin Franklin.
Mr. Coolidge stressed the moral re-
sponsiblity OF those In charge of print
ing the news of the world. saying that
the point had now been reached where
the power Of the press should be utilized
Tor the upbuilding of law and order
rather than for its further development
commercially. %
THE newspapers" he Bald. during
this period of Industrial strife have a
tremendous opportunity of leading the
way TO better understanding of our
Industrial problems though sane, in
forming and constructive journalism.
distribution will take care of IT.
self II production can be established
on Hrin basis, and no single agency
IN the world is SO potent as the press
IN bringing about improved conditions"
Unanimous Endorsement of a plan to
erect permanent graphic arts building
on the grounds of the 1926 sesqui-
centennial expositioy at Philadelphia
was given by the International Assoca-
ton of Printing House Craftsmen at the
opening session or Its convention here
this morning.
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Coal Reserves.
Emergency Stocks Proposed ms a
Safeguard in Case of Strikes.

To THE NEW York HERALD: The coal
famine that is looming has at last walked
our people up to a realization or the
fact that coal Is an absolute necessity
of life and consequently is an article
that nobody should be allowed to spec
ulate in.
IL the fact finding commission ever
reaches the stage OF recommending def
mite legislation to Congress there is one
law that it Certainly should recommend.
and that is one requiring the owner OF
every coal mine. on and after certain
date, to keep on hand at all times.
properly protected from the weather, an
amount of coal equal to at least 20 per
cent. of the average annual production
of that mine during certain preceding
period OF years. Then, in case OF an
other general strike. the country would
be in an infinitely better position to
stand II.
We have tremendous stock of oil
on hand, and shoe factories. for In
stance, do not wait until we are nearly
out OF shoe leather before going ahead
with production. and there is no reason
why coal operators should not be forced
to keep In the same safety zone.
EDWARD TAYLOR.
NEW YORK, August 2S.
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New France.
What May Be Expected in the Re-
constructed Provinces.
Fyom the saturdav Pevie,c.

Frora the Saturday RevieW.
We can now form correct notion
of what the north OF France will look
like in the not far away day when 1t Is
completely rebuilt. and that notion has
nothing fascinating in II.
The old Flemish quarters OF the bclfry
towns recalled Innsbruck or Salzburg !;
medieval fancifulness. with here and
there a grand touch OF seventeenth CEN
tury dignity, mado them well worth
visiting. When modern industry settled
first in the region surrounding Lille
the spinning or weaving mill, copied inch
for inch from its Bradford prototype
began to set the tone in architecture: a
merciless use Of red. gray or yellow
brick masked by no such lovely casts
as are still seen in few Surrey vii
lagos became the rule.
The superficial gayety and cleanliness
of the managers red brick house in an
ambitious little garden reclaimed from
the factory grounds charmed people
whose passion for tidy spotlessness
equals that OF the Dutch, and the wave
of brick descended south till II reached
regions where only stone handled in a
thousand ways had ever been seen the
contrast between the upper city of old
Laon and its belt of red new suburbs
was a glaring demonstration Of the fact
Hundreds Of miles OF brick streets with
no higher Idea OF beauty than the occa-
slonal setting In OF n cobalt blue tile
are what we can expect In the north.
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Working Girls Wages.
Skepticism About the Budget Based
on Pay OF so a Week.

To THE New York HERALD: The
statement made by Miss Ethel M. John
son OF Boston about working women's
wages Is a very serious matter to the
average working girl.
Miss johnson undoubtedly earns moro
than 50 or even $ls week and there
fore does not feel the stings OF hardship
such a salary provides. ! myself earn
much more than either of the salaries
quoted and find II Is just sufficient to
live comfortably--not In luxury. as Miss
johnson says one can at SIC week
Poor Miss Johnsonl She forgets that
one has to sleep somewhere and she
doesn't even provide room and board .
nor does she know that there are seven
days In a week and that means 81 for
food--if any one can exist on 81 a day
as she puts II.
MIRIAM RorHscHILD IsAAcs.
NEW YORK, August IS.
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SHIPPING BOARD TO QUIT
HAMBURG-BRElMEN LANE
To LeaUe Service to PriUately
OUned American Vessels.
Special Dtspotoh to THE New ynx HEnALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Un n

Special Dispatch to THE New Yorx HnnALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
ft Washington, ID. O.. Aug. 28.)
An Shipping Board vessels operating
between American ports and Hamburg
and Bremen are to be withdrawn and
the service left TO privately owned Amer
dean ships. as there, are enough OF the
latter now available to take care Of
all the needs of this lane.
This announcement was made to-day
by w J. Love. vice-president OF the
Fleet Corporation The deci-
sion Is In line with the Shipping Boards
policy under the merchant marine act
TO avoid as far as oossible Government
competition with private owners operat-
ing ships under the American flag. This
policy contemplates the eventual substi-
tuition OF privately operated vessels for
the Shipping Board fleet
Allocated to the Bremen-Hamburg
service are approximately ten ships,
operated from Norfolk. Baltimore, Phila-
delphia and New York by the Kerr
Steamship Company. Withdrawal OF the
Shipping Board vessels will be gradual.
but will be completed about the middle
of October.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29

for before 1t can be wiped out. The
Sixth avenue elevated will go in time.
just as the Fulton street structure in
Brooklyn is going, for the reason
that the taxation on the increased
values OF these cleared streets. SO
useful for high class retail business,
will repay the city for buying the
line and tearing 1t down.
One feature OF the Mayors state
ment will meet with general appro-
val. 1t Is his confession that the
five cent fare does not exist. The
Mayor names six important sections
OF Brooklyn and declares that per
sons living in these sections are and
always have been compelled to pay
10 cents to reach beyond Park Row,
Manhattan" That Is something which
THE New York HERALD has repeat
edly pointed out: that there was no
such thing In New York city as a
genuine five cent fare. 1t was to es-
tablish uniform fare throughout the
city that the Transit Commission
was established. But Mr.. HYLAN was
elected in 1921 because of popular
delusion that there was a five cent
fare and that he was It's defender.
His frankness now may dispel that
delusion.
All In all, the Hylan program is
visionary; and New Workers. cannot
ride to work on dreams. 1t Is VI
sionary because it talks of flye cent
fare and then proposes breaking up
Of the dual contracts and their one
fare system. 1t Is visionary because
It proposes spending $600,000,000 out
Of the paper profits of municipal op-
eration-proflts that from all expert
ence would never materialize.
1t would be much more to the
credit Of the Board of Estimate II
instead of wasting time on an i'm
possible program 1t would cooperate
with the body that is empowered by
law to carry on the improvement of
this city's transportation facilities.
The Transit Commission has done
more in the last year to speed up
urban travel than was done in five
years before its time. 1t has, more
over, practical plan for new sub
ways at a possible price. 1t would
be shame IL its efforts should be
foiled by politics.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
Neighbor's Garden.
OF Individual Ownership, Yet II
Gives Pleasure to the Community.

To THE NEW York HERALD My
neighbor has n garden known in the
community as "Neighbor's Garden" For
months the family have been at work on
this plot Of ground. Each member OF
the household has assisted In preparing
the soil. planting the bulbs and seeds.
watching and caring for the plants.
This beautiful garden has certainly
instilled in the neighborhood the COM
munity spirit. Tho neighbors delight in
looking at the great mass OF green, gold.
scarlet, magenta. blue, white. purple and
pink. The gold Is the margolds. the
scarlet the poppies, the magenta tho ver-
benas, the blue the bachelors buttons,
the pink, purple and white tho asters.
There Is vigorous peony which spreads
over the garden and near u Is the lark
spur also following out It's mission In
life by apparently displaying some sys-
tenn Of reasoning In It's struggle TO Sc
cure place prominent In the sunshine.
Some OF tho plants climb ovc> and
along the fences. covering little arch.
Al bit OF clematis has done this, and
when In Blossom It's formation gave the
effect OF the white head OF a venerable
old lady.
This garden affords rest to many
weary eyes which look upon It from the
noighborlng windows. | recently heard
my neigfbor. the owner Of the garden.
speak TO an old lady sitting by her win
dow, overlooking the garden, asking her
IL she would accept a bouquet. She re-
piled. please, sir, do not pick the flowers
for me. for will have greater pleasure
looking at them from my window"
From another window n neighbor
said, "what n dcsolatc place would be
this world without q flower It would
be face without smile. feast with
out n welcome"
] have always thought that flowers
have an expression of countcnancc MS
much as men or animals. Some seem to
smile; some have a sad expression !,
some are pensive and difiident. others
again are plain. honest and upright. like
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
COURTS MUST DECIDE
ON NORTHCLIFFE WILLS
Appointment of Wife as Ex-
ecutrix to Be CHALLENGED.

Special Cable to THE NEw YoRK HERALD.
Copyright, 1922. bv THE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau
london. Aug. 20.
Efforts by the contestants 20 reach
an understanding having failed. the
courts will have to decide which OF the
two wills left by the Late viscount
Northclffe shall be admitted to pro-
bate, according TO the Daily Express,
which states that bitter legal battle
Is impeding. The Wills already are the
subject of five wrlts of caveat, and 1t
Is likely that tho evidence of the
physicians who attended Lord North
cliffe will have most weight
The same newspaper adds that If the
case comes to trial it will be testi-
fled that Lord Northcliffe was not OF
sound mind when in his second will he
made his wife the sole executrix. On
that ground her appointment will be
challenged 1t is now known that
shortly before Lord Northcliffe died his
wife applied for letters of administra-
tion and trusteeship of his estate on
the ground that he was mentally in
competent. The reason for this, which
was rather puzzling at the time. be-
comes clearer now that 1t is known he
left two wills.
The trustees. Henry Preuss Arnholz
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New Consultations.
From the Saturday Revie,o.

From the NdturudU hccfgU.
stand on a ledge OF foamy green
Where flowers are pranked in damascene
Down where the dappling willows lean
dive TO tho waters brimming.
All, now the colors round my head
In pointed bars and lightning shed.
A dagger of blue, a sword of red.
And fiery fishes swimming!
Deeper now to the caverns OF moss
Like submarine albatross
Now with winnowing arms I toss
Where half hues gather and mingle.
Diaphanous blue and rare opaque
violets In the twilight shake.
Secret peonies flake on fake
Bleed on the jeweled ehinglo.
Topaz and moons opal blaze
Forth the CLEAN OF filtered days.
Glancing emerald winks and plays
Darltling like lizard
Riotous rubies shift and shine,
Diamond fickers frosted fine.
Amethyst glows like flask of wine
Before the lips OF wizard.
Music through the duslslight swells
Peal on peal of sunken bells
That murmur mid the moan OF shells.
The clank of blossomy tinkling.
Exquisite flutes of daffodil made
Hyacinth In this slamourous glade
Ripple along the banks and fade,
Faircr than mans inkling.
The goam IL ficcked with starry flare.
A richer Northern Star Is there,
Cassiopeia Is more fair.
Moro kingly Lord Orion.
No 7 shall never again uprise
TO spill tho magic from these eyes;
Water now shall be my skies,
Cool sands my bed to lie oni
LOUIS GoLDrNo.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
La Toilette and the Bonus.

Senator ROBERT M. LA TOILETTE of
Wisconsin has interrupted his can
vass for denomination to rush to
Washington to make speech in sup
port of the 5000, 100000 bonus raid.
Mr.. LA TOILETTE voted against the
declaration OF war. He opposed al
most every measure which made pos
sible the splendid victories achieved
by patriotic young Americans fight
ing under the Stars>and Stripes on
French battlefelds.
In his attitude with respect to the
bonus is Senator LA TOILETTE i'm
proving on his war record for pa
triotism? Is it patriotism to be a
party to adding to our war indebted
ness five billions Of dollars more
for horizontal soldier bonus? Is it
patriotism further to tax the Ameri-
can people to meet this enormous
payment-five thousand millions of
dollars?
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
AMUNDSEN AND FLIER
ON ALASKAN MAINLAND
The Maud Returning, but Ex.
ptorer May Fly to Pole.

NOME, Alaska, Aug. 2s tAssociated
Press) Capt. Roald Amundsen's ex-
ploration ship Maud is in tho ice ON
Point Hope. north OF Kotzebue Sound
and the eastern entrance to Bering
Strait. according 10 a radio message
received here to-day from the coast-
guard cutter Bear. 1t Is believed here
that the Maud Is returning to Nome
because OF unfavorablc ice conditions.
An earlier message eaid Amundsen,
who last month transferred to tho
schooner Holmes from the Maud, is
now at wainwright. 100 miles SOUTH
west of Point Barrow. This message
was sent by Capt. s. G. Cochran of thu
Bear. Vac
Capt Cochran said that Lieut. OslSar
Omdal, aviator. and a moving picture
photographer were with Amundsen It
lis thought here that Amundsen and his
party transferred to the Bear from the
Holmes, and that they may be plan-
ming to start at Wainwright the airplano
flight which the explorer planned over
the Arctic Circle.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
ttcipation BY the municipality in the

ticipation by the municipality in the
performances.
OF course Ravinia Park in Chicago
calls to its service singers only a
little below the rank of the foremost
artists OF the Metropolitan and the
Chicago company; II is therefore to
be classified with them artistically
rather than with any OF the other
summer organizations. In other cities
during the last summer there have
been performances of operetta and
occasional representations OF opera
of a more serious kind by troupes of
respectable ability.
Whether 1t was comic opera or
serious opera they sang, these COM
panies are an evidence OF an interest
in music which may after while
so develop as to prove that Amert-
cans are fond of opera for It's own
sake and not merely for the exploit
tation of few famous stars. usually
of foreign birth and training. There
is much moro eloQuence, so far as
musical taste goes, in the success OF
one of these municipal companies
than in the engagement OF the most
expensive company of foreign singers
that ever went for a performance or
two to town which had to rely on
the liberality of a few OF It's citizens
to pay the almost inevitable deficit.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
State Police Efficient.
They Do Good Work Where Other
Law Enforcing Agencies Fail.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The citi-
sens OF New York State must be alert
to protect their own interests. otherwise
OF the, efficient State police.
No one who observes tho laws has
anything to fear from them. The In
habitants OF rural districts oan be de-
pended upon to fight for the State police
to the last ditch. The danger lies in the
chance OF n minority misleading an un-
informed or careless voting city popula-
tion. $3.50
The State police cannot enter a city
until the local authorities have failed to
repress disorder and ask State help. I
was in Boston during the police strike.
IT would never have cost a life or dol
lar OF destroyed property had State
troopers been at hand to take over the
enforcement of law.
The State police OF New Jersey re-
Gently gavo~material aid In the appre-
hension of thieves who entered my homo
In a rural district. In every other Stats
where tried the State police have be-
come indispensable to the protection OF
the public.
They are the superpolice: they do
not come into tho case until local au-
thorities, rural or urban. have tried and
failed. There is no clash OF authority;
they cooperate.
The changing conditions demand more
powerful means of enforcing the laws
we have always had on the books.
A. w. MILLER.
NEW YORK, August 2S.
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good enough for the capital of rail-
less county, but II is not good enough.
declared the people OF Elkhart. for a
railroad county. especially since Its
nearest station is at least fifteen
miles away. II 1t comes TO an cleo
tion on the county seat controversy
the indications are that Elkhart, with
its larger population. will get the
most votes.
But Richfield is enlisting all It's
friends. I'VE are too much alive to
die and win fight to the last" its
citizens declare. A compromise is
suggested. but that is not the way of
the Sunfower State in such dispute.
History and tradition show that Kan
sas stands by the survivor.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
County Seat War in Kansas.

The village of Richfield, Morton
county, in the southwestern corner
OF Kansas, calls the attention of the
world to the fact that Elkhart, big,
upstart town on the Oklahoma bor-
der, is trying to deprive it OF its dis
tinction as the seat of the county
government. .
For years Richfield has been forced
to fight for this distinction. The
towns OF Rolla and Wilburton have
sought it, and once in the zoos the
people Of Frisco advanced in mass
upon Richfleld with a wagon to cart
away the court house. The Rich
fie1ders, armed to man, met the
invaders and denied their demands
so sternly that the Frisco crowd
turned back with their wagon empty.
Frisco never recovered from this
failure and from the fact that It's
people made no fight but retreated
without fatality, scratch, lump
or bump" There is no Frisco
to-day, but Richfeld still blooms
in the midst of its sand hills and
short grass as vigilant and pugna-
cious as ever.
Towns in Kansas rose quickly In
the last half century and as quickly
disappeared. The lost towns of the
State, according to an official report,
number more than 500. A. score or
more in the Missouri Valley were
eaten up by the river, some lived only
in real estate booms and were blown
away by the winds or buried in
prairie sand storms, and many. such
as Runnymead, died with the passing
OF the peculiar fad to which they
owed their existence. Hundreds OF
others were victims of the bitter
county seat wars which as an insti-
tuition reached their highest develop
ment in Kansas.
In Grant county Cincinnati and
Appomattox we're wiped out before
New Ulysses was finally Established
as the county seat. A dozen men
we're killed, the court house at Chan
tilly was burned and the town itself
moved across the prairies in the
Kearny county war before Lakin
was permitted to enjoy the distinc-
tion OF being the county capital.
The most sanguinary OF these fights
was that between Hugoton and
Woodsdale in Stevens county. In
this warfare every man In the county
went armed and shot men of the
opposition faction at sight. Colonel
SAM WooDs, the redoubtable leader
OF the Woodsdale faction, and about
fifty persons lost their lives before
the feud was ended.
After its early struggles RichGeld
remained serene until the Sante Fe
built a railway through Morton
county and Elkhart, the southern
terminus of the line, developed into a
bustling frontier town. Richheld was