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New-York tribune., 1922-11-15
A. L. Clark and Wife,
Jacob Langeloth's
Widow, Separated
Friends Regard Action as
elimination of Series of
Misun d erstandings; No
Litigation Is Expected

Mrs. Virginia Langeloth Clark,
widow of Jacob Langeloth, former head
of the American Metals Corporation
and her husband, Anson L. Clark, cof-
fee importer, of 90 Front Street, have
separated, Mrs. Clark admitted yester-
day. She declined to amplify her
statement further than to declare there
would be no litigation.
The wedding Of the wealthy widow
and Mr.. Clark took place April 20,
1921, in the Langeloth home, at River
side, Conn. 1t followed brief court
ship. Mrs. Langeloth and Mr.. Clark
met two years ago at bail in Man
haitian. In the marriage license issueG
TO them Mrs. Langeloth gave her age
as thirty-eight. Mr.. Clark's age was
given as thirty-seven.
Surprise was expressed yesterday
by friends Of the couple who had re-
garded their relations as congenial.
The actual separation is said to have
taken place last Wednesday when Mr..
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15
Hoover to Urge
Readj1stnlent
OF Rail Rates
Annual Report to Congress
Points to Need for Raise,
i'm Some Cases, to Increase
Earning Power of Roads
sSRegulation Necessary
Asserts Reorganization of
transportation Act Would
Correct Many Defects

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.---Need foI
reconstruction Of the railroad rate
structure of ths eountry--in some cases
with upward readjustments - will be
brought to the attention Of Congress by
Secretary Hoover, 1t is understood, in
his forthcoming annual report. Some
relief both to the railways and to the
farmers, in the Secretary's view, may
be obtained through such reorganisa-
tion.
Mr.. Hoover's report, according to
drafts already completed, is planned to
present comprehensive discussion Of
the national transportation problem
covering car shortage, regulation,
weaknesses in the transportation act,
rates and labor regulation.
Losses through short transportation,
Mr.. Hoover tinds, are q tax upon the
community, sitting production, intro
ducing speculation and disturbing price
levels. Despite the lack Of equipment,
he maintains. American railroad man
agement is the most efficient in the
world in SO far as it Is not limited by
uncomfortable circumstances.
Regulation Necessary
Regulation in some form is neces-
velopment Of this regulation--to pre-.
serve the initiative Of railway execu-
tives and at the same time to secure
public protection and assure adequate
service--is vital and they are not nee
essarily incompatible
INSTRUMENTATION would be social
and economic disaster" drafts Of the
report say. "Free operation would re-
construct the vicious practices of thir-
ty years ago. The present transporta-
tion act posses many constructive fea-
lures and some weakness. 1t was the
result Of compromises in many partic-
ulars, and these very compromises are
some Of its weakest points"
Failure OF the carriers to earn the
amounts provided under the act as a
fair return, Mr.. Hoover asserts, dis
proves the Current fiction" that earn-
ings are guaranteed" while the re-
capture provision, whereby earnings
to the government to be loaned to rail-
roads, would not seem to extend to
those "an@mic carriers" who are un-
able to give the government the color
Of assurance of repayment through
their own inability to produce earn
ings. Consolidation; however, he sug-
gests, might solve the problem.
Wage Control Unsatisfactory
Wage control and strike prevention
phases of the act are considered un-
satisfactory by Mr.. Hoover, on the
ground that failure Of the local ad-
i.
tween employers and employees has
thrust ali labor disputes upon the Rail-
road Labor Board, resulting in practi-
cally government fixing Of all wages
and conditions Of labor.
There can be no question:" the re-
port says, "that action in some direc-
tion Is imperative If industry and COM
merce are not to be further strangled
by shortage in transportation"
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15

sixty three tables, seating 500 persons
were Rear Admiral j. III. Glennon, Col.
onel Michael Friedsafn, Irving T. Bush
Chief Magistrate William McAdoo
Sheriff Nngle, Representative Ogden L.
Mills, Rabbi Joseph Silverman, Doug.
las l.. Gilman. Robert Grier Cooke
John III. I'owne, Henry w. Taft, Louis
Wiley, George Gordon Battle, Robert
Atkinson, Thomas w. LamonG, Freder-
ick w. Rockwell, Franklin Simon, Bar.
ron Collier,H. Fl. yreeiand, Louis Gin
Leary, Joseph Johnson and State Sena-
tor James ]. Walker.
49, Membership Drive Announced
Mr.. Cooke outlined the work OF shs
Fifth Avenue Association between
Washington Square and 10th Street
He referred to 1t as not only the wei.
fare organization it's name impltas but
an Influence constantly at work for i'm.
provement of the entire city. He an.
nounced drive to be inaugurated f1exs
week under two armies of solicitors tc
be known as armies Of the north and
south for new memberships in the as.
sociation.
Kilograms of congratulation on the
anniversary were received during the
evening from President Harding, Gov.
ernor Miller, Governor elect Smith and
Mayor Hylan.
Mr.. Hays, in an address which re-
viewed the motion picture industry
diyerged to an appeal for sincerer pa.
tfiohsm on the part Of Americans wfsc
he said, shirk their share in the politi.
cal management Of the nation.
Mr.. Hays demanded participation by
men and women alike In political
affairs, local, state and nationa.
Martin w. Littleton in an address
discussing. Congressional attempts to
'oyerrule !. decisions of the Supreme
Court. said:.
Littleton states Question
.The progress of direct democracy
has brought us face to face with this
proposal: Shall the Congress of che
United States be given authority by
constitutional amendment to override
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15
Locl,inuar, 20, Held as Abductor;
Bride, 10, Honeynoons Alone
She's Marched Home and Husband Put i'm Jail;
Beach Courtship, Manhattan License and
Bronx Wedding Slightly Complicate the Matter

Edward Ridley, twenty-year-old
Lochinyar, is passing his honeymoon
IN the Webster Avenue police station
charged with abduction, and his six.
teen-year-old bride, who was Minnie T.
Brown, OF 274 Dover Street, Manhattan
Beach, until Saturday, is passing her
solitary honeymoon sequestered in the
home of her father, Douglass Brown,
an architect.
Ridley, an advertising solicitor, who
lives at 25t8 Grand Concourse. the
Bronx, met Miss Brown last summer at
the beach, and his attentions became
so marked and were obviously so vel
come that Mr. Brown put his foot down
firmly and announced there wasn't go
ing 20 be any wedding in his family
until Minnie was several years older.
He made the announcement several
times. Miss Brown got tired of hear
ing 1t and SO did young Mr.. Ridley. So
Saturday they went to the marriage
license bureau in the Municipal Build
ing, persuaded the clerk they were of
marriageable age and inclination, and,
with the aid Of the license he gave
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15
Armour Offers
To Buy Morris
Packing Plant
Company Willing TO Sell il
Satisfactory Price lis OBJ
tanned: Executives Start
Inventory for Decision
Has $40, 600, 600 Capital
t;1-m Controlled b. Heirs of
Founder; Federal Trade
Board vii. Consider
ssscsa' Dsspotca to ras rrsssws


CHICAGO, Nov. i4.-~J. Ogden Ar
mour, president of Armour & Co., has
made 8 definite offer for the business
and properties of Morris & CO., rival
packers, it was learned to-day. Morris
& Co. is capitalized at $4,000. .ooo. with
an undivided surplus of s1,298,255s on
October 20, 1921.
Morris g. Co. executives were told OF
she impending deal this morning, il ia
understood, and began at once an in
ventory by which the Armour offer will
be judged.
Nelson Morris, according TO reliable
reports of the negotiations leading UP
70 the Armour offer, told Mr.. Armour
that, although ne and his associates
are not anxious to sell, they are willing
to do SO for satisfactory price. The
offer followed.
Federal Body TO Consider
Should the majority stockholders OF
the two great packing companies come
to terms contamination Of the merger
Federal Trade Commission. No indica-
tion of that attitude has been given
but it Is presumed that members of the
commission were sounded, probably
indirectly, before negotiations began.
The Armour move TO acquire the
Morris & Co. properties eomes
close on the heels OF the failure of ar
effort TO purchase Wilson G. Co
properties. That deal fell through
IL is said, when the parties
could not find a compromise between
the Armour offer OF $50 q share Sos
Wilson common stock, now selling
around $37, and che owners insistence
on $50.
Controlled by Heirs
Morris q Co., the smallest
of the "Big Three" packing houses
is a close corporation, controlled by
the heirs Of the late Nelson Morris
founder of the business, and the estate
of Edward Morris. Only few shares
of stock are owned outside the Morris
family. and they are held by company
officers.
The first Morris g. Co. was
incorporated in 1909, succeeding Mel.
Son Morris g. Co. and the Fairbanks
Canning Company.
Deals involving $4,000, 900 gave the
late Edward Morris, eldest son of the
packer founder of Nelson Morris &
Co, command of the new business
and placed him beside J. Ogden Ar.
mour and Louis r. Swift as one Of the
three kings of the industry. Mrs
Edward Morris was Miss Helen Swift
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15
Find Bride Nursing Stricken
Grew as Beacon Light Fails

CHARLoTTETowN, P. E. l., Nov.
ID. ~ Summoned to the Magdalen
Islands by distress signals from The
darkened lighthouse on lonely Bird
Rock, the Canadian cruiser Margaret
to-day found one of the keepers dying,
three others dangerously Ill and the
fifth member of the crew, a woman,
near exhaustion from her efforts to
nurse the sick and keep the light
burning.
When news the light had failed
reached here the Margaret was ordered
to the spot at full speed to restore
it and the fog horn signals on stha
rock, which lies directly in the route
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15
4 supreme cours deeision holding an

a Supreme Court decision holding an
act Of Congress uncoustitutfonai?
"Tfie Constitution of the United
States Ii and must be the final will Of
the people. who shall decide when
chat Constitution has been violated2
Shall IL be group Of temporary dele
gates holding commissions issued by
Temporary public opinion, or shall ii be
decided by body of jurists selected
for their learning and uprightness, re-
sponsib1e to no party--@iearned in the
precedenss which survive the tumuIt
Of all timeT
Police Commissioner Enrigft, speak
ing on the traffic problem in New York
City. praised the association for its
efforts In helping the police. Mr. En-
right referred to the great number of
deaths due 10 automobile accidents dur
ing last year. He urged that to lessen
the number Of such accidents licensing
power should be taken out Of the hands
Of state officials and turned over to the
Police Department.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15

Clark left the Plaza where he and Mrs.
Clark occupied a suite and moved to
his club. His action is said to have been
tho elimination of series Of misun-
derstandings the nature OF which has
not been revealed. Job e. Hedges, at
torney. for Mrs. Clark. 165 Broadway,
beyond an admission that the sepera-
tion had taken place declined to discuss
1t. He also said there would be no
court action.
Jacob Langeloth died in August, 1914.
He left net estate Of S5,267, 7,075, from
which the widow received $250,00O in
cash and an annuity of 100000. She
also was given the $2s5,0o0 residence
at S26 Fifth Avenue. The residue of
the estate was left for the foundation
OF the "Valeria Home" named in Mrs,
Langeloth's honor. The home was es-
tablished for the benefit Of men and
women of education and refinement in
reduced circumstances, to be used by
them during periods Of convalescence.
The Langeloths were childless.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15

them, coaxed the Rev. Albert G,
Thomas, Of Croton Avenue Baptist
Church in the Bronx, into marrying
them.
The next day Minnie went home
prepared to squelch her father II he
started in on the old line. But her
father, an astute man, suspected the
truth and started In on new line,
which Minnie found so exasperating
that she fed to the arms Of her bride
groom.
There Detectives Doody and Blake
of the Coney Island police station
found her yesterday. and in response
to the demand of Mr.. Brown, placed
Ridley under arrest and escorted
Minnie home. Magistrate Brown, In
the Coney Island police court, sought
vainly to convince the architect that
if his only objection to the match was
his daughters youth, he had better
give the couple his blessing. When
Mr.. Brown refused to heed this ad-
vice, the magistrate said he had no
jurisdiction as the license was issued
in Manhattan and the marriage per-
formed In the Bronx, and remanded
Ridley to the police Of the Webster
Avenue station
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15
Confederacy Daughters Meet
With N. Y. Woman Presidins

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. 14.-The
twenty ninth annual convention of the
united Daughters OF the Confederacy
was formally opened here tonight.
with delegates in attendance from ali
carts of the United States and from
several foreign countries.
Mrs. Livingston Rowe Schuyler, New
York City, president-general, was pre-
sented by Mrs. Roy Mckinney. mast
president general. Mrs. Schuyler is the
first woman residing north of the Ma
son and Dixon line to hold this posi-
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15

Sydney. anu
Driving ali night through a heavy
storm, the cruiser reached the island
at 4 a. m. There the keeper. h;s
brother, a male assistant and his
elderly mother-in-law were found near
death. Mrs. Bourke, brida of the as
slstant keeper, WAS attending them.
All five were placed aboard the
cruiser, which headed for Georgetown,
came here. Bourke died on tho
Journey, Recovery Of The others is
considered doubtful. 1t was believed
here the crew probably was suffering
from ptomaine poisoning.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15
n the work 10 ehats aecesas J.

in the work 10 enat neeesaa /.
be given the veterans. esre cpasb
The conference brought toes41. !.
Board os Consultants on Haanit.smaer q.
headed by DR. William {! ,ssuslssslea sun.sle
Pittsburgh, and the Federal palse Il
Hospita ltzation of which Bris. Sssfd Ssad foi
eraf Charles e. Sawyer ia cbsssr besasr ksf
Whether any reduction In sI9 Iana9
Der Of hospitals viii be sdri.ass, iIs nun
said TO be a question ieft sue va
future consideration Dsts;Ig.Pe fsii
agreement reached tosnseks of III
made public. Were no
New-York tribune., 1922-11-15
Soldier Hospital Plans
Agreed To by Conferees
Harding and Advisory Boards
Fix "Details of Rehabiiita-
ton Program

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.7--A soldier
rehabilitation program was said to have
been agreed upon practically in detail by
the two Federal advisory boards on care
OF disabled former service men at a
White House conference tonight with
President Harding. A comprehensive
program for completing hospitals was
understood TO have been adopted, the
President especially urging expedition
The Topeka state journal., 1922-02-13
Dorothy Dix Tails
The Human Triangle.
NJ DOROTRg hIx
wsr.i's Hisiess Paid Wenaa WFssevs

Isn't life the contrary thing? Al
ways stuffing US on the bread, and
meat we have no appetite for, and
holding back the sugar plum for
which our mouths are watering.
Here's a pathetic example for it. A
young man writes me that he is in love
with q. girl who doesn't love him, and
that a girl he doesn't love is in love
with him, and he wants to know how
to make the girl vino doesn't love
him, fall in love with him, and the
girl who does love him, fall out of
love with him
Alas, poor youth, / am afraid that
there is no reliable recipe of the fol-
o W these -directions-a and you cannot
fail kind for winning a woman's heart.
as there is for making sponge cake A
girl falls in love with a man for a
million different reasons, or for no
reason at all, and why she prefers
Gne man to another she generally
doesn't know herself.
Sometimes a. girl falls in love with
a man because he is a carpet knight
whose step matches hers in the dance,
and who is full of gallantries, and deli-
cate attentions. Again, a, brute who
hands her out cave-man stuff sweeps
her off of her. feet. She may fall in
love with a man because of his saint
illness, and spiritual outlook. as wit
the fair sex, but she is equally liable
to become enamoured of a profligate
with q. lurid past, and consider that
she has a sacred mission to reform
him, and lead him up to the higher
life
And there you are. and nobody can
tell you what is the swimming way with
a woman. For it depends, not alone
on the woman, but on the particular
mood sh@~happens to be in.
Once upon a time I interviewed a
bigamist on this vital subject. He
had Wooed and Won twenty-seYen diff
ferent women so was entitled to quail
ify as an expert guide to the femi-
nine heart, and he said, CAV. any
woman will fall for you If you will
just talk to her about herself
I am inclined to think that the
whole of the law and the prophets on
how to make a woman fall in love
with you is contained in these words
of wisdom, and that practically any
woman will fall in love with any man
if he will keep the spotlight turned on
her without -wearying, or growing
tired.
There are many reasons why this
should be true. One IS that we just
naturally admire those who admire US.
For a man to show a woman that he
has singled her out of the whole herd
of women as the most beautiful, the
most charming, and fascinating, and
desirable of her sex, proves to her,
beyond all questioning, that he is a
man of great discernment, of rare
taste, and sound judgment. all of
which are qualities that must appeal
to any woman.
Secondly, the man who talks to a
woman continually about herself, inn
mediately becomes to her the most
fascinating conversationalist in the
world. She could listen to him for
ever, and then beg for few words
on the same subject. The things that
concern ourselves are the most i'm
port and interesting things on earth
to US, and we never weary of hearing
them discussed.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-02-13

the public viii have reached so thoro
an understanding of the subject that
ratification by s6 states would be Inn
possible.
Among the reasons for the amend
ment, set forth at the hearing was
the fact that capital can invest in
such securities and obtain a tax-free
income of from 8 to 5 per cent which
prevents it's being invested in indus
tries, commerce, public utilities and
other enterprises. the income from
which is taxed.
In consideration of the ease with
which holders of millions of dollars
worth OF taxable securities escape the
tax assessor. it may well be doubted
whether the large additions to the list,
proposed. would greatly increase the
government revenues.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-02-13
JUST FOLKS
m EDGAR A. GUEST.

THE THINGS L MUST DO.
I'm the sort of a fellow that's fond Of his
ease
I should like every day to do just as I
I don't want to work and I don't want to
I don't want the wind to blow dust in my
don't want the rain when it's my day 10
play.
Yet in spite of my wishes for skies that
The days come along with my portion of
care
I've learned, as I've Travelled the busy years
thru.
Life is made up of things that I don't
want TO do.
must frequently go when ia much
rather stay.
I must buckle to work when 'rwere nicer
I am fond Of my bed and I'd like to re-
But the morning returns with its duties
And | have to ge up to the old round
Of various tasks that I don't want to do
Now whenever there come to me things
I don't Ike.
don't sit and sigh and I don't go on
Tho I'd not invite trouble or anguisa or
When they come don't say that this fife Is
unfair:
Tho it may be unpleasant and net what
To meet it and bear it. it's vain to refuse.
I try TO be cheerful and cling TO my trust,
That all shall be we'll if I do what T must.
Copyright. 1922, by Edgar a Guest.)
The Topeka state journal., 1922-02-13
GoMPERs AND THE FARN1ERs


[ Perhaps without intending it. says
the Wall Street Journal, Mr.. Gompers
has performed a real service to the
country. Farmers attending the ag-
ricultural conference, it says, went
home with a clearer idea of the cause
of high freight rates than they ever
had before. The story of Mr.. Com
pers's appearance at the conference
is told by the Journal as follows:
One of the committee reports laid
some of the present burden on rail-
road labor. The labor union head
took the platform. and made a bitter
speech. Later Mr.. Gompers declared
that all labor would regard the adop-
tton of the report as an sunfriendly
act" and challenged the accuracy of
the statement ascribing an undue pr1
The result must have been surprising
to him, as indeed it was to many on
lockers.
Farm work is not generally looked
upon as conducive to oratory, but few
are the conventions that have wit
messed more zeal eloquence than was
! exhibited in the ensuing debate
Many of these speakers were the real
| dirt farmers. but they were as keen in
| debate as trained speakers, and better
for they knew and felt their topic
| They were eloquent because they were
| eonversant with the facts, and spoke
to the point in a clear and convincing
manner. They were men of indepen-
! dent minds. thinking for themselves
dealing in facts and not in slogans .
These farmers proceeded to smash
| the labor arguments. They quoted
from the interstate commerce COM
| mission reports to show that 60
| per cent of the gross operating ex-
pense went to labor. They showed
from official records that the railroad
labor averaged s1,64O a year, while
I the farmer. with his whole family
working 13 u hours a day, has aver
aged S460.
Concrete instances were given of
what high railroad labor costs the
| farmers. And then their attitude was
expressed without regard to the feel
! lngs of Mr.. Gompers. I'VE will not
| be called upon to justify our actions
to "A local boilermakef's union" said
! a Kansas man. but we must go home
and justify ourselves to the farmers
who, with their families, work three
days of fourteen hours each to make
enough to pay the boiIermaker for
| one day OF eight hours
| Instead of being moved By the Com
pers plea for the "5,500,000 unen-
ployed men," the farmer delegates
turned the tables and showed thaf la.
| Dor exactions were the cause of un.
employment One said there could be
no general prosperity while the farm
ers purchasing power was curtailed
| Give US a. living wage for work. said
/ one, and we will underwrite the
eountry's prosperity and there will be
no unemployment"
The Topeka state journal., 1922-02-13

immediately and for strong men to
look up TO in reverence and pride.
As the years roll by and accumulate,
the face of Lincoln buries its beauty
in the hearts of all races and creeds.
The more familiar do we become
with the lines and planes of this re-
narkabie face. the more are we re-
minded with fresh force that there is,
as Whitman one said, something else
there
As we look back. what spectacle
he was. Bowed with burdens and re-
sponsibilities. harassed by immense
problems, forced more and more into
the deep shadows of isolation and
leneliness-the towering figure yet
grew in masserful purposes, clear
eyed and certain of his course.
From rail-splitteP to martyr, the
man waAed strong and stronger
daily growing in wisdons, gentleness
and unse1fishness of heart.
As we are bFoughtfnow to the birth
day of this great man. let us thank
God for his pure and lofty example of
manhood and cherish his memory in
deeds worthy of his fame.
For more and more we come to ap-
preeiate Stanton's words: Now he
belongs to the agesl"