Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-06
HALF MILLION
ENTERED PORT
OF n. Y. IN 1921
Many World CeIeyn
Visited U. S. During
Past Year.

NEW YORK, Jan. 6-The year just'
ended has seen more than 100000 per-
sons arrive or depart from this port, in
Guiding the greatest figures in politics,
finance, science, opera, art, literature,
business and sport.
The sailing home Of Marshal Foch was
the last notable event in this ever-moyz<
ing drama being enacted at the port
entry here for prominent foreigners.
More than 100000 entered the port in
1921 and an equal number delsUsd. The
new immigration law prevented the fig
ures for the year being much higher In
4 the number Of arrivals.
Of the more than half a miller per
sons to pass through this port, and they
include the greatest figures in the world
today, the most interesting and pictur-
eSque were q common place man and sol
der. a tired and weak little lady, q self
styled political has been" and tho
worlds greatest tenor
MARSHAL FOCH GIVEN
MOST ATTENTION.
The world knows Foch as a soldier.
But Foch, the commonplace, good
natured and fatherly old man. is the
striking impression gathered by those
who met him. There have been many
men arriving here in civilian clothes who
were more militaristic than the man in
the French marshals uniform.
4 very mOtherly woman was Nine.
Curie, woman the last one would take
for the foremost of her sex In science
she was weak from illness contracted in
her work and bewildered by the recep-
ton accorded her upon her arrival on
the Olympic last spring.
Her tired, sad, yet kindly face re-
T~.ao Id ~F~n 11FH oh uH1
preciated the honor bestowed on her by
American women, would much rather
have been left alone to her work in the
laboratory.
VenizelOs who Viscount Bryce said
upon leaving this country last summer
was one of the three great men made"
by the war. called himself what you
Americans call a has been.'
Yet when the liner locked a throng
Of ten thousand Greeks from all parts
OF the country accorded the has been"
one OF the most vOciferous demonstra-
tions ever seen along the waterfront. In
proportion it eQualed any of those given
Foch, Beatty or Diaz.
CARUSO on
LAST VOYAGE.
When the cables told the world last
summer Of Carusos death it affected
none more deeply than the newspaper
men covering SHIPS. The great tenor
was their friend. He knew many Of
them by their first name. And to them
was reserved the honor of hearing the
last golden notes in this country Of the
man taking the final Of his many trips
te Naples, his home.
The great tenor sang a few notes to
allay the fears of some of the reporters
that he had lost his voice The exer-
ton weakened him. however. and he fell
back in his chair, his smile vanished
momentarily. His face was drawn, he
was weak and tired. but his smile ard
handgrasp were there until the last His
parting words were: I'm lie back next
fall, boys. and sing better than ever"
Carpenter and Lenglen, Vivinani and
BRAND. Diaz and Schanzer, Morgan and
Venderlip, Northcline and Lord Lee,
Maeterlinck and Chesterton, Sims and
Beatty. Schwab and Gary, "Dougenmary' !
and Chaplin, Chiliapine and Mccormack,
Mary Garden and Gamma Walska, Bryce
and Lodge. Herrlck and Harvey, Tilden
and Kumage-these and many more were
among the celebrities to arrive here in
1921.