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The New York herald., 1922-09-05
New Moving Days.

For so many years May Day was
moving day in New York that the
words became synonymous; but the
landlords were ultimately able to
make the first OF October the usual
date for the beginning and the ter
mination of leases. BY doing so they
protected themselves from the danger
OF having unrented property on their
hands during the summer months.
In the later years of the May moving
custom IL had been the practice OF
some tenants whose leases ended in
the spring and who intended to spend
the summer in the country not to
make new leases until October Nat
urally the property owners fought
this practice vigorously.
The volume OF business done by
the van owners in those earlier days
was OF course slight in comparison
with the demands made on them now
on the first day OF every October. 1t
is all but impossible to accomplish
this change from the old home TO the
new without great hardships even
with those who are not compelled for
merely financial reasons to submit
to them. The trouble and confusion
are necessary incidents OF the at
tempt to do in day what requires
much longer time.
New York is not the only city to
suffer from this annual cause OF dis
comfort. IL is not alone In the me-
tropolis that tenants refuse to bulge
until the last minute, that no time
is allowed for decorations or repairs
and that the departing and the arriv-
ing tenant are likely to meet on the
stairs. Chicago is another city that
has undergone all these inconven-
fences, but unlike New York, II has
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
U. S. LECIONNAIRES SEE
BRITISH TANKS WORK
Remarkable Demonstration IL
at Aldsrshot for Visitors.

Special Cable to The NEW yonK ffrrarn.
Copyright, 1899. bp THE Nrw YonK HnRAlp.
New York Herald Bureau.
London. Sept. AZ
Trees were Knocked down by British
tanks In a remarkable demonstration
for the benefit of American legionnaires
visiting Aldershot to-day. Twenty-Five
ton craft took part IN steeplechase,
showing the right and wrong ways TO
take obstacles and revealing thcir effi-
cheney and high skin In plotting.
Capt. John j. Wicker. congrat,iiating
the men, said: Were mighty thankful
TO see you've still got your heads on your
shoulders When the Second Scots
Guards paraded in front of Gen. Sir
Burnett Hitchcock he insisted chat Capt.
Wicker. though in mufti. take the salute
with him--a mark of unusual dlstinctic:.
The legonnaires Witnessed watsr
polo match and had luncheon In the on.
cnrs' mess. when President Harding and
King George were toasted and the Co
operation of the American and British
leEions pledged. Returning the visitors
stopped Mt Brookwood Cemetery whers
$50 Americans lie buried. and placed a
wreath at the foot of the f1agstaff. To-
right they were entertained at dance
It. ettie club house Of the London post. and
Tomorrow VIII be guests at luncheon
10 be given by the British Government.
sir Laniing worthington- Evans. secre-
tary for War presiding. They will then
depart for Scotland. TO sail from Glas-
COW Thursday.
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
Death in the Street.

The August Grand Jury OF New
York county has made a report on
automobile fatalities which shows
that conditions in Manhattan are
worse than ever. There were 213
deaths from motor accidents on this
island in the first six months of the
year This is at the rate of one
death every weekday and two deaths
on Sundays.
The report declares that in 22 cases
the driver was to blame; in 81 cases
the victim was at fault. In GA other
killings the victims were crossing
the road between streets. In cases
of this latter sort while the driver
may not necessarily be exculpated
the pedestrian has not taken every
precaution.
What can be done to end this sac
rifice of human life? So far as
guilty drivers are concerned the
Grand Jury suggests more rigid ex
aminations, a Tightening OF traffic
regulations, the use of device to
check the speed of commercial We
hicles and jail sentences for viola
tions of the motor laws. These are
all sensible suggestions. The COM
mercial vehicles evidently need curb
ing. They number only one-third as
many as the passenger cars, yet they
kill more persons.
The pedestrians should take better
care Of themselves. Stepping blindly
off the curb into the path of car is
an everyday occurrence. The walker
who looks in both directions before
starting across the street is in little
danger of being struck.
1t is up to the mothers-and the
school teachers could help in this-to
prevent many of the street tragedies.
1t is a pathetic thing that hundreds
of children should be killed in this
city every year because of their haste
and thoughtfessness. Nearly half the
victims in Manhattan are under 16
years of age. If the mothers would
warn their youngsters as they leave
home, IL the teachers would remind
them of the peril as they leave the
school. there would be less forgetting
and less death.
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
New York's Beginning.
The First Settlement Of Manhattan
by French Speaking WallO0ns.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The
statement OF the claim OF the town Of
Avesnes in France to right to take part
in the celebration OF New Yorks 300th
anniversary I'm 1924, as set forth In a
cable dispatch from your Paris Bureau.
REQUIRES some notifications for the sake
of historical accuracy.
1. Jesse de Forest. promoter Of the en-
terprise of colonization on Manhattan
island, was not chevaler He was
plain craftsman. dyer, as the Ley
den records show.
Q. He was not the first white man
to land on Manhattan. The Dutch fur
traders, fishermen, explorers were here
years before him.
8. There never was any such province.
colony or country as New Netherlands.
and this despite tablets books, fnonu-
ments. rhetoric. New Netherland was
the geographical name. but when the set
tleneft was organized with a civil gov
ernmcnt-not in 1923 but in 1626-its
name was (Terfa) Nova Belgica. The
home makers landed early In 1924.
4. The first colonists were not Dutch.
but walloons. or southern French speak
ing Belgians, and French was the frat
language spoken In the homes OF the
coionists. The hrst correspondence be-
tween Plymouth and the Pilgrims and
the authorities Of Manhattan was not
in English but in French and Dutch by
Bradford and DE Rasieres.
s. The first settlers. I'm 1924, were not
from France but from the Beleic prov
inces for not until the treaty OF Ryswick
In 6e7 was what is now the Department
OF the North, or Nord. now In France,
severed from the other parts Of Belgic-
land 10 become part Of the dominions
of Louis XIV
G. Both Waloon ana French Chris
tians OF the Reformed faith and church
were called Huguenots. name to ex-
plain which a dozen theories of origin
are set forth and disputed about; but
AL, were people OF heroic mold. clear
conscjencas ana lifelong Industry, just
the sort TO build an enduring republic
Apart from all disputes between Teu-
tonic and Latin Christianity, the eco
nonic facts explain largely the develop
ment of the United states. which even
vet surprises the world. The only holt
days--.holy days---the walioons and the
French Huguenots--possibly In Ali q
arter Of a million coloniste in Amer
lea from 1924 to 1774--took were Sun
days and Ave or six celebrations or great
ev,nts in the history OF their religion.
Iaa word. while those left behind
in France and Belgium worked 200 days
In the year the refugees and exiies---
walloon means exile. pilgrim or stran-
ser--were at active industry more than
so0 days in the year. In this circum-
stance one may discover a major rea-
son why the United Colonies ana the
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
Good News From South America

The Department OF Commerce
records steady betterment of business
in most South American countries.
The revival is most marked in Chile,
where business conditions are more
promising than they have been for
provement, and in Brazil the stabil-
ization which has come about in po-
litical conditions and the stimulus of
the Centennial Exposition are looked
upon as certain to effect a favor
able change. There are encouraging
symptoms in Venezuela, in Argentina
and in Bolivia.
In Chile both imports and exports
are increasing. Imports during July
rose to 40 per cent. above those for
the preceding month. The ship
ments of nitrate out of Chile during
July amounted to 100000 metric
tons: the total shipped during the
preceding six months of the year
was 100000 metric tons. Copper
mines are intensifying production.
A confidence has resulted which is
reflected in the rapid rise in ex-
change, which has reached its high
est point since March, 1921.
Peru reports a normal production
OF sugar cane and cotton and a large
rice crop. Her exports and imports
are mounting. In Venezuela strong
export market for the principal
Venezuelan products is the most
cheering feature Of that country's
economic situation. The Argentine
finds basis for optimism In a rise
In tho value OF the peso. the reduc.
tion to very low levels Of the stocks
on hand and an increase in bank
deposits.
The American Consul at La Paz.
Bolivia, reports that the investment
of American capital in Bolivia has
been noticeable factor In bringing
about better situation there during
the last month The Improvement
I'm exchange and the depletion OF
stocks have made the market for
American merchandise very good.
From Cuba and Mexico come other
encouraging reports. II is expected
that the Cuban sugar crop will not
fall short OF 100000 tons, the
greater part OF which has already
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
Dunlin's Victory at Saratoga.

When Dunlin under the colors of
JOSHUA S. CosDEN of Baltimore
flashed to the front in the Hopeful
Stakes of $45,000 at Saratoga Springs
last week surprise was expressed by
many that colt of his quality should
have been permitted to leave the
possession of his breeder. AUGUST
Bel MONT, whose Nursery Stud has
given the world such performers as
Tracery, Man a. War and the recent
winner of the Grab Bag Handicap.
Messenger.
Dunlin is one more piece of evil
dence that good horses come in all
shapes and sizes. AS yearling he was
not as promising~as the other colts
that roamed the blue grass pastures
OF Fayette county. Kentucky. and he
was sold to ]. G. MILAN. The colt
was by Fair Play from Rock Sand
dam, the breeding that produced Man
o. War and other fine horses.
That Dunlin was promising in his
trials when broken was indicated by
his sale to JoHN e. MADDEN for $4,000
early last spring. 1t required only
few public tests to demonstrate
that he possessed the speed and courr
age with which great horses are
endowed. His purchase for $4,000
by Mr.. CosDEN followed during the
Empire City meeting, and by the
manner in which the colt ran the
final furlong of the Hopeful Stakes
that prize, which was worth s3S,95O
net, is evidently the precursor o.
other triumphs before the close OF
the season.
The New York herald., 1922-09-05

A year ago. when Mayor HYLAN
was campaigning for reelection, he
declared that his school policy was
"the greatest ever undertaken in this
or any other city in the world
At that time it was pointed out by
persons who cared more for facts
than for oratory that at the opening
of school in this city in September.
1921, the number of part time pupils
was .126,000.
Another September has come and
New York finds that in the twelve
, months since the Mayor made his
boastful statement only five new
schools have been built. They Will
seat only 1000 pupils. The Board OF
Education explains that about 12,OOO
more seats will be provided in an
nexes and additions to old school
houses and in portable houses.
This is a poor record OF accom-
plishment. When Mr.. HYLAN took
office in January, 1913, there were
only 34,431 part time pupils. Mayor
mitchell had been reducing their
number year by year. Now the most
optimistic predictions are for 100000
part time pupils this autumn, and 1t
is possible that last years record Of
126,00O will be beaten.
New York has tripled its school
expenses in the last twenty years.
1t is spending nearly $50.000,O00 a
year to educate the 1900 children
VINO depend upon the city for mental
training.
Five new schools in whole year
is sad total. considering the needs
of the system and the promises
that HYLAN made when he was a
candidate.
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
Animals In Geological Parks.

TO THE NEW YonK HERALD: The lei
ter from Nv. b." OF Brooklyn on cruelty
10 animals prompts me 10 speak OF
the cruelty 70 animals In all tho zoos.
What benefit do we derive from see.
Ing noble animal like a lion or a
panther or any animal, for that matter
ccoped up IN cage, though accustomed
to the Wild freedom Of Gods space and
air?
Have yoh ever taken good look
al the eagles IN Central Park. our ma
tlonal bird, the king OF the airg ff so,
you have read in their once glorious oyes
tho longing for freedom. EUGENE.
NEW YORK, September 2.
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
The Call of the Farm.
It's True Value Not a Matter OF
Bookkeeping or Cash Return.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Lest some
of the young people should be misled
by Findlay Sackett's pessimistic dis
cussion of '"rhe CAN OF the Farm" let
me tell him that he knows little of the
true method of purchasing farms; the
way TO get real value
Eight years ago just about now !
was sitting in front of hotel In San
dusky, Ohio, with group OF gentlemen
waiting for the arrival of another group
with whom we had a business engage
ment My client told OF farm he had
just purchased from his brother, and
which he declared to be the poorest farm
in Chautauqua county, New York.
| suggested that If he would run it
down low enough might satisfy my am
bition to own a farm. He dared me to
make an offer. l responded with sug-
gestion of an exchange of some stock /
owned in a company with my client, the
par value of which was just one-half
the price he had paid in cash for the
farm, and before 1 had time to retract
my offer it was accepted.
i had never seen the farm, but I got
directions to It's location. and when j re-
turned to jamestown / took my wife in
our car and started to look for our farm.
1t looked all that my client had promised
for it, but my wife saw possibilities
in II, and for seven seasons we have been
living out on this farm, and If any one
should offer my wife ten times the pur-
chase price. including what 1t has cost
us to put 1t in fairly presentable con-
dition, it would involve no temptation
even for her undivided one-half interest.
1t Is positively the best investment
OF my lifetime; it grows in interest with
the passing years, anl under my system
of keeping accounts 1t yields hand
some profit on the investment.
Owning a farm Is beautiful If you ap-
proach it II, the right spirit and refrain
from the modern system Of bookkeeping
charging the farm with all you put on
1t ard crediting 1t only with the crops it
produces. Is 1t worth nothing to be far
from the madding crowd; to be away
from Summit New Jersey?
BENJAMIN S. DEAN.
JAMESTOWN, September 2.
The New York herald., 1922-09-05

Some persons think it out Of char
acter that Illinois coal miners should
ride to their work in motor cars and
strike because their employers refuse
to allow them to park the vehicles in
yet a few years ago IL did not surprise
anybody in pretty well settled COM
munities to have forehanded. industri-
Gus men ride TO their work in their
own horse drawn conveyances and
quarrel with their employers about
pasturage. The vehicle has changed
With the years. but its occupant fol-
lows the practice OF his fathers.
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
The orchid.

Earth flowers are born TO earth life ten
der care,
Green fields, gay gardens. sunlit days,
they know
God chose for me the better part: I
grow
A thing Of heaven itself. caught in the
air
Upon the bosom Of a tree. and there.
To make the beauty that men worship
so,
I dip my petals In the dawn's rose
glow.
And weave nights purple shadows in
my hair.
oh. think not, when you see me Gagged
in glass
To grace 4 womans form. that for
Each day old yearnings wake and
throb anew
When soft my sister breezes come and
pass
Each night along my petals edge the
wet
Cool tears OF memory crystalline in
dew.
HEIsr rrAzEE.fso~sn.
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
A Sound TO Ocean Subway.

The Transit Commissions proposal
to the Board Of Estimate to build the
Sound to Ocean subway comes so
soon after the Mayors 100000, 900
scheme that it shows vividly the diff
ference between the practical and
the visionary.
For generation the lack of
proper transportation facilities be-
tween Brooklyn and Queens has been
notorious. In the last ten years,
what with the great growth Of popu
lation in both boroughs, the need OF
a north and south line east of the
East River has been more and more
emphatic. This line the Transit
Commission proposes to supply at a
cost of about s4O,0OO,OO0.
Such subway as this, running
from the Plaza at the Long Island
City end of the greensboro Bridge
to the center of Brooklyn, would be q
boon not only to persons travelling
between the two boroughs but to the
residents of Williamsburg, Green
point and the Bedford district. They,
as we'll as the people of Queens,
would have rapid transit to the
beaches. They would have access to
the speed and convenience of all the
existing subways in Brooklyn.
The proposal proves once again that
the Transit Commission is really try
ing to bring about single fare sys-
tenn in all parts of the town. Its
plan makes the Sound to Ocean sub
way tap all the east and west sub
ways which ii Is to pass, and there is
a provision for free transfers to the
elevated railroads.
The people of Brooklyn and Queens,
who know how sorefy the proposed
subway is needed, will await with in
terest the action of the Board of Es-
innate. Will politics there continue
to block progress?
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
Conspiracy.
Corporations Convicted hut Their
Officers Not Punished.

To THE New York HERALD: Your
correspondent Inquirer" whose letter
was printed on August 81, Is misin-
formed regarding the punishment meted
out to owners OF coal mines and oper-
ators Of railroads who conspire to de-
prive the public OF fuel and food. He
says that II they should ever be guilty
OF such a crime they would be SEN
fenced to heavy punishment. He pic
lures Mr.. Loree cast Immediately into
jail IL he should so much as propose
the discontinuance of railroad service.
The fact is that the Government has
repeatedly convicted corporations Of In
reference with the public needs but
no punishment has been inflicted upon
the officers. WILLIAM FLOYD.
NEW YORK, September 2,
The New York herald., 1922-09-05

been able to find a way out of the
worst of them. The Chicago Real
Estate Board is attempting with
some success to introduce four days
for moving in the spring and four
more in the autumn in order that
the task of moving may be satisfac-
torily done by competent workers.
Now the New York Furniture
Warehousemen's Association and the
Van Owners Association of New
York are petitioning for three dates
for moving i'll this city. These days
are to be in the autumn--on Sep
tember /, October l and November 1.
The day of moving Is to be deter
mined by the rents. The tenants
who pay the highest rents would
have to wait until the last day to
move. This rule would apply to
apartments renting at $4,000 or more
year. The first moving day would
be exclusively for the lower priced
apartments, for which the demand
is greatest. The tenants Of apart
ments that bring from $4,000 to
$4,000 year would have the first of
October set aside for them.
1t is to the real estate interests,
the light and telephone companies,
the decorators and builders that the
organizations attempting to intro
duce this change look for support.
The great advantage they claim for
their plan is the possibility Of spread
ing over long period the work now
confined to few days or weeks.
Greater efficiency would be possible
as we'll as elimination of the vexation
and delay which the present system
makes necessary.
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New Yopk---Fair to-day
ana Tomorrow: moderate temperature,
gentle variable winds
For New Jersey-Generally fair to-
DAY and tomorrow moderately warmer,
gentle variable winds.
For Northern New England--Fair to-
DAY and Tomorrow moderate tempera-
ture, gentle variable winds.
FOR southern New England-Fair to-
uay and Tomorrow; moderate tempera-
ture, gentle variable Winds
ror western New York--Party cloudy
Today and Tomorrow no change In
temperature. gentle variable winds.
WAsHrNoroN. Sept. 4.--Temperature
remained about normal during to-day
IN all sections east of the Rocky Noun
tains with readings considerably above
normal throughout the Great Central
vaiIeys, the Gulf States. the plains
STATES and the region or the Great.
Lakes. PRESSURE was relatively high to-
night along this South Atlantic ana
Nortn Pacific coasts and low in ali in
terror districts with the center Of mini
mum pressure. over Alberta. Canada.
The outlook is for scattered thunder
showers In the South Atlantic States
and generally fair In the middle Atlan-
TIC and New England States, the lower
lake region, the Ohio Valley, Tennessee
ana the East Gulf States. during to-
morrow and "Wednesday. The tempera-
ture VIII remain somewhat above nor
maj over the eastern half of the country
during the next forty-eight hours.
Observations at United States weather An.
rean stations. taken at r. M. YESTERDAY,
seventy-fifth meridian time:
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
The Rosetta Store CeLtenary.

1t was just one hundred years ago
this month, in September, 1929, that
CHAMPoLLIoN the younger in his
epoch marking document the "Lettre
a M. Dacier' was able to announce
that he had found the key which un.
locks the vast storehouse of Egyp-
tian hieroglyphic-phon writing
The French Asiatic Society at a re-
cent meeting at the Sorbonne COM
memorated this event conjointly with
the celebration of the one hundredth
anniversary of its own birth.
CHAMPoLLIoN was s years old when
In 1899 Captain BBoUssARD OF NAPo-
LIONS Egyptian army, in throwing
up some works at the present beau
tiful Egyptian port Of Rosetta, about
thirty-six miles northeast Of Alexan-
dria, uncovered the stone, with it's
hieroglyphic, Coptic and Greek in
scriptions of identical subject matter.
which has opened broad highway
to remote and meagerly explored his
torical fields.
The French military engineer knew
that his find was of archaeological
value. Equally alert to this fact was
WILLIAM RICHARD HAMILTON, secre-
tary to the British Embassy at Con-
stantinople. When NAPoLEoN's dream
OF Oriental conquest came to an
end the Rosetta Stone was secreted
aboard a French vessel. Its hiding
place was traced, and although the
French ship was then reeking with
the plague HAMILTON faced the peril
Of infection by going personally on
board and securing the treasure,
which he ultimately turned over to
the British Museum
Meantime CHAMPoLLroN. under the
guidance Of his learned elder brother,
was plunging deep into.archaological
studies. In 1903, at the age Of II,
he began his research into hero
gIyphics which eliminated fourteen
years later i'm his triumphant solu-
tion Of the mysteries Of Egyptian
written records. There II still fas-
cination in the often told story Of
how step by step through long years
Of patient, unremitting toll, includ-
ing a course of study in Coptic. this
ardent young Frenchman stripped
one by one the wrappings from the
mummified language Of ancient Egypt
until its meaning and structure stood
revealed From the day OF CHAM
pwLroNs announcement Of his dis
covery to the present time Egypt has
been an ever increasingly rich mine
for historical research. From that
discovery dates Egyptology as rec
oenized science.
1t is science which is only in its
infancy. The ancient land. with Its
soil and climate so sinsularly adapted