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The New York herald., 1922-07-08
City Open to Foe in Loss Of Air Base
Acting Secretary Roosevelt Deplores Abandoning the
Rockaway Aviation Field.

i Special Dispatch to THE Nnw YoHx HmALD
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. C., July Z.
! In confirming to-day the decision OF
the Navy. Department to abandon the
naval aviation field at Rockaway be-
cause Of the demand OF the New York
city authorities for the return of the
Jacob Riis Park. Acting Secretary o.
the Navy Roosevelt served warning that
the abandonment OF the field has
greatly weakened the defenses Of New
York city.
The dscision to dismantle the avia-
ton field is the climax of an eighteen
months campaign by the Navy De-
partment to retain permanent control
Of the park following the decision of
the Sinking Fund Commission to de-
mand the return Of the ground to
the city for park purposes.
Admitting he had fought q losing
fight after he had made every possible
argumsnt for retention of the avia-
tion field. Mr.. Roosevelt declared that
not the Navy proper but the city of
New York stood to lose most from the
abandonment Of Rockaway. which naval
experts declare Is tn, strategic point
from which the city could best be
protected against hostile attack from
the sea In time Of war.
The Secretary declared there Is abb
solutely no other ground available in
the vicinity of New York for naval
aviation and that the closing Of the
Rockaway field meant. that the navy
has practically no naval air station
north of Hampton Roads.
1T must be remembered" said Mr..
Roosevelt. that park for children does
no good II you do not adequately pro-
tect these children. i have given the
matter most careful attention and have
come to the conclusion that the neces-
sity for the defense Of New York city
should outweigh the question Of the
value Of the land for park purposes.
particularly in view of the fact that the
navy undertook to provide suitable park
land and was willing to leave the beach
portion Of the Jacob Riis Park for
bathing purposes"
"The safety and protection of all the
people In time OF war was the first con-
sideration Of the Navy Department In
the matter. and the department might
be very properly blamed in q future
emergency II 1t had left the great city
Of New York and it's people improperly
protected from the standpoint Of avia-
ton, which will become increasingly
important"
The Secretary practically read these
statements word for word from letters
he had written to prominent New York
The New York herald., 1922-07-08
Firefnes.


When fireffies light their lanterns in the
lane
And star the night with spangled
sparks Of gold
Like tiny topaz blossoms manifold.
Or like a silent shower Of shining rain.
Visions Of you come back to me again.
You who filed life with more than II
could hold
OF wondrous glowing happiness. who
Me Of the great glad things that Danish
pain.
Because Of you the dark and drifting
years
Clean with a luster that can never
fade;
Though like the hrefiies you may
fit away. .gr..
Yet will the thought Of you allay all
Remembering you shall walk undis-
mayed
Ny freely. you who turned lies
night to day!
ELISABETH ScoLLARp.
The New York herald., 1922-07-08
New York's Mosquito Output.

1t may surprise New Workers. to
learn that the finger of reproach is
being pointed at their city as the
most horrible example of free and
unlimited mosquito hatchery to be
found in this eastern corner of the
United States, including New Jersey
itself. In fact, it Is by New Jersey
that the accusation is made. 1t has
actually come to this, that New Jer-
sey, long accepted among men as the
producer of more and meaner mos
quitoes to the acre than any other
State in the Union, Is demanding
the abatement of the mosquito breed
ing nuisance in the city of New York.
At the recent Atlantic City meet
ing Of the New Jersey Mosquito
determination Society LEWIS E.
JACKSON made the fiat assertion that
New York city alone breeds more
mosquitoes than does the whole Of
northern New Jersey" He added
that New Jersey can never hope to
be free from mosquitoes until New
York wakes up and does its part to
get rid of the pest. In support Of this
he pointed out that certain mosqui-
toes under favorable circumstances
can travel forty miles. New York
city furnishes the mosquitoes and
prevailing winds supply the favor
able circumstances for their trans
portation. That lays nearly all of
Middlesex, Union. Hudson, Essex and
Bergen counties, New Jersey, open to
the invasion of limitless and con-
stantly reinforced hordes of New
York mosquitoes.
Inidefault of mosquito census ac-
companied by birth registry data in
the case of each individual it Is of
course impossible to test the accuracy
of Mr.. JAcKsoS's allegation that New
York city breeds more mosquitoes
than does all of northern New Jer-
sey. That New York has mosquitoes
is undeniable. But are they all New
Workers? Are there not aliens among
them? Now and then there may be a
mosquito born on the Jersey mead
ows; what is to prevent him, IL he
have forty mile cruising range and
the breeze be with him, from coming
over here and joining in the noe
turnal revels of his metropolitan
clansmen?
AS matter of fact. New Workers.
always have insisted that the New
Jersey mosquito does come across the
Hudson and that he comes not singly
but in innumerable legions. In other
words. New York has long accused
The New York herald., 1922-07-08
Senate Corrects a Wrong.
The Mussel Slough Massacre Re
called by a Homestead Case.

To THE NEW York HERALD: The Sen
ate can work with the efficiency ana
dispatch of a board of directors OF
well regulated Industrial concern when
It cares to. Here is an instance:
A few years ago poor man IN Mon
tana, Anton Rospotnik. went to the local
land office and fled a homestead claim
on eighty acres of what he had been
informed was public land. Statutory
requirements proceeded to the point
where the homesteader had what he
supposed to be Uncle Sans valid deed.
He built a house. fenced the land.
planted crops and. in the words OF SEN
ator Myers Of Montana, has now been
on the land five years and put great
deal Of trouble, time and labor In It."
Then it was discovered that the iano
had been patented by the Northern Pa
cifc Railway Company as lieu land.
that is, part of large amount OF lano
which the Government for proper rea-
sons had exchanged for an equal amount
Of land previously granted to the rail-
road company.
Upon this explanation being made by
Senator Myers the Senate promptly
passed a bill confirming the home
steader's title, at the same time grant
ing the railroad company the right to
select an equal amount Of unreserved
non-mineral public land in Montana
A case similar in principle but with
a sadly different ending grew out OF
the homesteading Of a larger amount
of lieu land held by tho Southern Pa
cific Railway Company In the San Joa-
quin Valley. California, thirty-hve years
or so ago. A colony Of Eastern FAM
lilies who supposed they were taking up
public land had settled upon this tract
to cultivate it. They brought water to
II for irrigation, built homes. church
and school house and cultivated farms
which produced bountiful crops.
Then the railroad company brought
eviction proceedings. The colonists were
represented by able lawyers In WASH
ineton, who pleaded for an adjustment
decision dragged; vain attempts were
made 10 have the case determined by
Congress passions rose. A final ruling
by the Secretary OF the Interior estab-
lished the company's right to dispossess,
and the historical tragedy known az
the Mussel Slough Massacre followed.
Gunmen concealed In a covered
wagon drove into the settlement when
the colonists were gathered for some
festival. A sharp command OF eviction
by the only man visible In the wagon,
an ex-convict. who afterward killed
Judge Terry in defence Of Justice Ste
phen J. Field. was met with pleas for
delay. Then the gunmen fred. killing
and wounding several.
The evicted colonists scattered; some
moved into the mountains. where they
sheltered Southern Pacific train rob-
bers, the notorious Sontag and Evans
gang among them. and where they and
their descendants look upon Washing
ton az place where the poor have no
rights which Congress respects.
Times have changed. The Anton
Rospotnik case was parallel with the
Mussel Slough case in every principle
involved, yet after Senator Myers briefly
explained the Rospotnik case the reliev-
The New York herald., 1922-07-08
Questions for Campers.
What the Board of Health Wants to
Know About Registered Sites,

From the Department of Health BuIIstin.
At meeting of the Board of Health
Of the Department Of Health Of the
city Of New York. held in the said city
June 8, 1929. the following resolution
was adopted:
That the resolution adopted by the
Board Of Health May 8. 1922. amend
ing the regulations Of the Department
Of Health governing the conduct and
maintenance Of summer camps and re-
lating to Section 217 Of the Sanitary
Code by addition Of q new regulation,
No. II. be and the Same Is hereby re-
scinded.
"That tho following regulation gov
erning summer camps outside of the
limits of the city of New York and
relating to Section 217-A Of the SAM
tary Code be and the Same Is hereby
adopted:
Regulation A-Every agency apply
ing for registration under this section
shall submit in writing the following
data:
/. Name Of camp. 2. Location Of camp.
s. Post office address of camp. L. Period
Of year during which camp is open. 8.
Number of children cared for during the
season. Q. Is there resident physician?
q II not. what medical supervision is
there? 9. What examination Of food han
dlers Is made before employment? 0. How
are the children housed7 Cal Dormi-
tories. (b) private rooms. (c) tents. DC.
10. What are the sanitary arrangements
OF the camp7 (o) Water supply. (b) sew
erage. (c) bathing facilities. ca toilet
facilities. (e) disposal of garbage, {O
milk supply-where purchased and how
kept?
At the same meeting the followins
resolution was adopted:
That Article AZ of the Sanitary Code
be amended by adding thereto a new
section to be numbered 217-A, to read
as follows:
Section 217-A-summer camps out
side OF the limits Of the city of New
Yort-All agencies in the city of New
York sending children out of town to
camps on vacations for periods of more
than one day shall register with the
Health Department Of the city Of New
York through an authorized executive
Of such agency"
The New York herald., 1922-07-08
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Showers ana
probably thunderstorms to-day; cooler
by night: tomorrow fair and cooler |;
fresh TO strong south shifting to north
west winds.
For New Jersey-Showers and prob
ably thunderstorms to-day; cooler by
night; tomorrow fair and cooler fresh
strong south shifting to northwest winds
For Northern New England-Showers
to-day; tomorrow fair. cooler in in
terror; fresh south shifting to west
winds.
For Southern New EngIand-showers
and probably thunderstorms to-day to-
morrow fair and cooler; fresh to strong
southwest and west winds.
For Western New York-Mostly cloudy
and cooler to-day; probably showers
this morning: Tomorrow fair. with mod
crate temperature; fresh to strong
southwest and west winds.
WAsHrNGroN. July THE tempera-
ture was higher to-day in the lower
lake region. the Atlaatic States, and
northern plain States, the central and
northern Rocky Mountain region and
Utah, while cooler weather overspread
the upper lake region. the upper Miss
issippi and the lower Missouri valleys,
Oklahoma. the southern Rocky Noun
tain region and the far Northwest.
The indications are for local thunder
showers tomorrow and Sunday In
Tennessee. in the east Gulf and south
Atlantic States and showers in the
middle Atlantic and North Atlantic
States. the upper Ohio Valley and the
lower lake region. Saturday will be
followed by generally farr weather in
these sections Sunday. In the lower
Ohio Valley the weather will be gen
orally fair tomorrow and partly
cloudy. probably with local thunder
showers Sunday.
Observations at United States Weather
Bureau stations. taken p NJ xesterdax
The New York herald., 1922-07-08
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Thirteenth Post, A. L.. second annual out
Ing. Munger's. New Dorp. Staten Island,
afternoon and evening. Ii
DR.. J. H, Barnard viii speak on water
Plants" Botanical Garden. Bronx Park.
4 p. NJ.
New York Universal Chipopracters' Asso-
ciation. meeting. Hotel Pennsylvania, 10
New York State Chiropractic Society,
meetings, Hotel McAlpin, 80 A. M and
2:S0 p. NJ. banquet $50 p. NJ.
American Designers Association. conven-
tion ana exhibition. Hotel Pennsylvania, I
p. M. to p. NJ. banquet $50 p. M.
Pennsylvania. p. NJ.
Doherty Salesmen's School, annual dinner,
Hotel shelburne, Brighton Beach. $3.50 p. NJ.
Championship marble contest between Jer-
sey City and Queens Borough. Rockawsy
Park, 2:30 p. M.
The New York herald., 1922-07-08
A Byway.

II steals back from a dusty thorough
fare,
Where, up and down. day-long. q
crowded mass
OF busy. struggling. hurried people
pass.
And sometimes wistful folks perceive It
there,
And hunger through its promises to fare.
Yet fear to drop back from the high
road. lest
Some ruthless rival should advantage
For which they storm and stress and
nature dare.
But. for those who may not its green
explore
Nor seek the cheltcr Of It's quietude,
Its lovelness. with blossoms brimming
DER.
And birdsongs, family caught through
noises crude,
Is like a blessed hope renewing CLEAN
OF some remote, yet unforgotten, dream.
CHARLorrr BECKER,
The New York herald., 1922-07-08
Kansas Boys.

There must be something the mat
ter with Kansas after all. At least
in Emporia. WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE,
her distinguished son, who usually
turns an optimistic face to the world.
is greatly discouraged about the boys
Of Emporia. Not long ago Emporia
officials offered the boys bounty of
25 cents for every stray dog brought
by them to the city pound. The sage
Of Emporia was filled with wrath.
In his opinion any boy who could be
30 mean ought to be killed himself.
Probably by way of demonstrating
his faith in the boyhood Of Kansas
Mr.. WHITE announced in the Emporia
Gazette few days before the Fourth
that he would give a prize for the
boy entering an Independence Day
parade with the largest number Of
dogs In his string. 1t seems In
credible. but nothing that could by
the widest leap Of the imagination
be called parade passed under the
windows Of the Gazette building on
the day appointed. Not one boy.
Not one dog.
There has been no report concern
ing the degree Of success which met
the attempt to recruit dog catchers
from the youth of Emporia. If it
was even In measure successful
then. indeed, may Mr.. WHITE be as
sured that there is something the
matter with the boys in his town.
And II there Is something the matter
with the boys in Emporia 1t Is not
illogical to assume that the boys in
Des Moines, in New York and in
Louisville aren't all that they used
to be.
1t would be unkind to those EN-
poria lads to guess that the reason
why no parade passed Mr.. WHITES g
window was that all the vagabond-
ing pups Of Emporia had been seized
by them and delivered up for two bit
pieces. But what about the boys in
whose families dogs are legally
owned? Where was that pride Of
possession in my dog?
Strange things have come out Of
Kansas; uncommon beliefs and un-
common movements have sprouted
there, but none more disturbing than
this alarming information that in a
whole townful Of supposedly typical
American boys there wasn't one who
grew excited at the idea Of parade
in the first place, or who could see
any fun in getting together a string
of dogs longer than any other boys.
There must be something very much
the matter with Kansas. Somebody
is sure to blame the moving pictures,
the arch sophisticator Of youth.
The New York herald., 1922-07-08
A Bonus Conference Of Despair.

At a conference Of despair in Sen
ator LopoE's house on Thursday eve-
ming the bonus Senator's seem to have
agreed to put to President HARDING
again the question Of whether he
would. under any circumstances. ac-
cept the McCumber bonus measure.
What is the purpose Of that? Has
Senator LODGE any doubt that the
President, after what he has written
to Representative FoRDNEY and after
all he has said and done to make his
attitude clear about raiding the
Treasury for a bonus when there ia
and will be no money In the Treasury
to meet it-has Senator LODGE any
doubt that the President will feel
compelled to veto the McCumber
measure or a combination Fordney-
McCumber measure?
Has Senator McCUMBER any doubt
that the President will feel compelled
to stop the bonus raid on the Treas
ury with his veto? Has single SEN
ator that attended the bonus confer
ence of despair any doubt that the
country expects and demands that
the President stop the raid with his
veto and that the President is think
ing not Of how to get bonus SEN
ators out of the hole they have dug
themselves into but Of serving the
country?
Are the bonus Senators going to
the President again with their al
ready answered question because
they are now hunting an excuse to
offer to the American Legion politi-
clans for wanting to save themselves
at the elections from what McCUMBEB
himself got when he went before the
voters of his State last week and
lost the denomination of the Repub-
lican party?
If these bonus Senators now want
to quit doing wrong, want to quit
doing 1t whether because they have
become afraid Of the political con.
sequences of doing wrong any longer
or for whatever reason, why not
stand up and say the bonus can
not become law because 1t Is no
right that 1t should become law, ani
for Senators to try to pass it wher
1t cannot become law is fraud OF
the bonus seekers as well as an in
suit to the American people?
The bonus Senators win fare mucl
better with the American people i
they do their duty and kill the bonus
scheme because 1t ought to be killed
than they ever can fare with th'
American people IL they shift thu
responsibility for dropping the bonu,
scheme to the President.
The New York herald., 1922-07-08
Roth Wore Right.

from the hdmsds City Star.
Madam said the shoe salesman to the
lady customer who complained that her
white slippev hurt her feet. ''ycu have been
given shoes that were too small"
''Nonsense!" retorted the customer. "rhe
shoes simply nre no good and want new
pair or my money back"
Tho salesman told her to try them for two
more days and II they still hurt ne would
adjust the matter. Two days later she
returned.
Seer she said trfumphantiy. THE shoes
were not too smail-they were simply no
good" They had burst out at ono side
from pressure on the inside.
quite so. madam" said the salesman.
"Hcye's your money. We have no shoes
Of the size you ask for that viii III you,''
The New York herald., 1922-07-08
The Railroad Strike.
Labor Leaders Accused of Forming
the Most DespOtic Of Trusts.

To THE New YORK HERALD: have
Just been reading your editorial article
headed ''Defying the Railroad Board"
1t Ia about time the American people
woke UP and recognized the facts Of the
situation.
Radical labor leaders are organizing the
most gigantic and despotic trust in the
world out Of the labor unions. 1t is the
duty Of the Attorney General Of the
United States at Washington to see that
such men are prosecuted for defying the
laws and the United States Labor Board
and the Government Of the United States.
and for being nuisances and anarchists
as well as for interfering with inter-
state commerce and upsetting our indus
tries and commerce. WILLIAM OSBORN.
STELroN HEIGHTS. N. J.. July Z.
The New York herald., 1922-07-08
Early American Golf.
A Son Of the Pioneer Player Here
Sets History Straight.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: hate
| to spoil. Robert H. Daviss story in the
Americdm Golfer to which you refer
as part OF the authentic history OF
the ancient and honorable game In the
United States. but .he alleged arrest
of Robert Lockhart for driving a golf
ball on the meadows In Central Park
never really happened.
I'll admit. however. that cadd!ed for
my father over what later became Riv-
erside Drive Park. a far sportier course
than the meadows could possibly be.
But there was no arrest. Some days
earlier. remember. my brother. who
had In a moment Of curiosity smuggled
cleek and ball out of the house,
teed of from a cobblestone In West
Fifty-sixth street, where we lived Tho
ball hit an iceman making his deliv-
cries. We called 1t lost. or at least we
did not look for it; 1t is historic, how
ever. In that 1t probably originated golf
profanity in this country.
And, only to keep the record straight.
Robert Lockhart did not receive his golf
education at Musselburgh. but learned
to play at Ferry Hills. which is Just
beyond the other end Of the Forth
Bridge. In fact. the only times my
father played at Musselburgh were on
the half dozen occasions when he Wis
ited my brother and me at school. There
he met and played with Willie Park.
Jr., whom he afterward induced to come
to America. ! can remember that away
back In the middle '90s Willie played
an exhibition game before the cinemat-
ograph. The reel was shown afterward
for week as curiosity at the old
Eden Musee.
For golf worshipers there Is a club
Of even more interest than those re-
ferred to by Mr.. Davis. There has re-
Gently come into possession of the Eng
glewood Golf Club a clumsy looking
spoon shaped thing that was used by
Willie Park, Sr.. when he was winning
the open championship shortly after the
civil war. It was inherited by Willie.
Jr.. and by him In turn presented to
Robert Lockhart.
But why in the world does Mr.. Davis
put Tom Morris In Musselburgh? I
thought Tom Morris was as closely iden-
titled with old st. Andrews as its uni
versity. Besides. he contemned the ''old
racecourse" Of Musselburgh.
LESLIE S. LocKHARr.
NEW YORK. July Z.
The New York herald., 1922-07-08
Making Them stIn Rnrer.

From tho Middleto,cn (,fd) Valley Register.
George Brandenburg of Harmony. Nd.
shot and killed beautiful specimen OF fish
crane last Monday. The bird measured -four
feet from tip to tip of wings. Its wings
we're OF a pretty steel color and the back a
beautiful dark blue. These cranes are be-
coming more rare with succeeding years,
whoreas they once were plentiful, especially
along the Eastern Shore.
The New York herald., 1922-07-08

ing bill was passed quickly. Congress
Is getting some hard knocks these days,
but it is impossible to imagine it failing
to remedy another Mussel Slough case
involving all that 1t did. as quickly and
justly as It remedied the present case.
involving as little as It does.
MoNrcLAIR, N. j., July7. e. W. T.
The New York herald., 1922-07-08
RecoRnifion.

Knicker-Can Jones recognize his friends
on the stroet7
Bocker-No. but he can tell the make OF
every car that whlzzes past.
The New York herald., 1922-07-08

Mrs. MALLORY and Mile. LENcIEN are
to meet on the tennis court at Wimble-
don. Their previous encounters have
been productive Of unfortunate Incl
dents which have not been helpful to
tennis as sport. 1t Is to be hoped
that from their present contest there
may develop a situation which will
erase from memory the regrettable oc-
~urrences Of the past.
II a bootlegger can be- prosecuted
for violating the pure food law, as
has recently been held here. does
moonshine take a place in the cata-
loguo of foods?
The New York herald., 1922-07-08

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication OF all news dis
patches credited to II or. not otherwise
news published herein.
All rights OF republication of special dis-
patches herein are also reserved.
The New York herald., 1922-07-08

Highest temperature, 80. at p. M.
Lowest temperature, GA. at 6 80 a. M.
Average temperature. 70.
The New York herald., 1922-07-08
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.

Tho temperature In this city yesterday, as
recorded by the official thermometer is
shown In the annexed table:
The New York herald., 1922-07-08
Senator Borah's Great Speech.

SATURDAY. JULY 8. 1922.