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The New York herald., 1922-11-12
Stepdaughters of the Army

him, IF they had knocked all my teeth
out 1 believe that you would be willing to
chew for me-"
When one happened to show the aching
wound for a second he always managed
to cover it up with gallant gesture. There
was the blind Captain, surgeon of As who
interrupted my reading one night with an
allusion to his home. / asked if he were
married and saw instantly a tightening of
the clenched fingers, an involuntary scowI
Thank God, no. he said in a vehement
tone. Then, Pardon me- Please read on.
Make it-let's see-'The Handbook of Hy-
men,'"
There was the big Dakota rancher whose
teacher asked him if he ever swore "I
used to-" he answered. But what's the fun
of doing it now? 1 can't hear myself" And
there was an Irish American whom an aid
surprised one day pulling his thick hair
in agony. AS she turned to leave, he called
her back. Want a lock?" Again he
clutched his pompadour. Indoor sports for
invalided soldiers,"
That first Christmas back home we
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teacher realized that l had better stick
to my job. march in parades, help war
drives and knit.
In 1918. there came to me an amazing
inquiry The Office of the Surgeon Cen
eral of the Army was making it's plans for
beginning the work of the vocational re-
Mobilization of the wounded before they
should be discharged from the service.
Would | take charge of the special unit
that was being organized to teach lip
reading to the deafened and speech to the
speechess? Would I? That job of mine,
toward which 1 had been feeling so con-
temptuous. had justified itself.
Thus it came about that in July. 1918,
was sent to a newly opened hospital on the
Atlantic coast. / bore the designation OF
Reconstruction Aide. Medical Department
at Large. United States Army. The hos
pital had formerly been an ultra luxurious
summer hotel 1t had changed its clothes.
The windows had been swept bare of drap-
cries; the floors of rugs. The command
ing officer and the sergeant-major each
had offices in corners of the huge lobby;
the rest of the space was filled with high.
narrow white beds. already sheeted and
blanketed and pilowed. Each of the
five bedroom floors had been similarly pre-
pared Twelve hundred beds were wait
ing.
In August, the seriously wounded
came pouring in. At the Decentralization
hospitals they had been classified accord
ing to the degree and nature of their dis
abilitieS-fOur tyDes of on 600 uara sapt IN
u.s. deaf and ear operative. eye operative,
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skated on thin ice. OF course the ice was
thinnest on Christmas eve. There was a
Christmas tree; there were to be carols.
dances, turkey and all the trimmings. But
last Christmas they hadn't thought that
the next one would be like this Now, OF
course, our own particular hospital was
the best in the service. We had a human
c. o. and Adjutant; we had an efficient
Sergeant Major. Undoubtedly 1t was be-
cause he was so efficient that the post men
hated the Sergeant Major. He was born
a British subject. Personally l always sus-
pected him to be gentleman -ranker from
the English army. AT any rate, he was
regular" He was not to be cajoled or
intimidated or persuaded. He was reputed
TO be woman hater. and during the flu
an aid had lampooned him in a ditty
beginning:
THE Sergeant Maize. that 'narsty' fiend.
Has us all now quarantined.
If to the village we should stray,
With our lives we'd have to pay.
One step he says, beyond the brink,
Dear madam, and you go to clink." &c.
Well. nobody loved him, but he came to
the Christmas tree. All the men were
there, too in chairs or on beds which had
been brought down Candles, the lovely
Christmas reds and green's and tinsels.
with the Red Cross playing Santa Claus
to every man. But over it all like cold
fog hung ''the tears of things" Just when
the fog threatened to swoop. the Chief
Nurse. a big bodied, big soued woman
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'.a' from the s''s s'ss'a- zsas ''s'' Of
Armistice. The day found US look
ing at the case of the disabled ex-service
man with a casual alOofness. When he got
back into civies, he failed to provide us
with thrills He is costing US great deal
of money We have been told that he is
lazy unappreciative and improvident. He
has even got drunk. thieved and muir
dered Yes But. as he used to say with
his delightful swagger. ''I'n tell the world. IS
when the stage was set, he played the
hero well This is not a story of how he
went over the top but of how he faced
his shattering Observation-Disclosures blind
ness. paralysis, loss Of limb and limbs, dis
figurement to the degree of responsiveness
while he was in the hospital.
In 1917. like every other woman in the
country. i was simply aching to get into
the service. Possessing none of the quail
ficatiOns for scrubbing hospital floors. for
driving ambulances in France for making
pies back of the firing line, l, school
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were not for her. On the other hand she
might promenade with a private or dance
with a non-com without fear of rebuke
In carrying out her orders, whether she
massaged as a ''physio" or taught as an
"occupational." she had leisure for indi-
vidual, personal conversation. And the
men talked to her freely on every subject
from religion to "the mess" from world
politics to the hospital personnel. An Of
ficer about TO return to civilian life once
said to me: Il have envied you your op-
portunity-you have been able to get the
psychology of the men," l thought to my
self Lieutenant you would not have
cared for their psychology. 1 have heard
a number of them say that they would
rather bump you off than a German
In recalling the many men / knew to
whom the war has brought devastating
disaster of some sort three outstanding
characteristics which each one seemed to
possess come TO my mind. They were all
sorts and conditions of men-a variegated
humanity. But in three respects they were
all alike-and those three qualities will
always keep the little tin soldier passing
fair" for me.
Disabled Mems Outlook on Life.
In the first place no man ever spoke of
the big thing which had struck him down
except occasionally and then he jested.
Hey" said a Long Island youngster to
his teacher one day. Didn't Teddy have
tin ear? And hasn't Edison got one? I'm
ahead of 'em both. I've got two" We'll"
said the handless sergeant from Texas to
me one day when was awkwardIy feeding
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Continued on Page T,oenty-threc.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1922-09-07
A SZ0RAKOZAS ES A JATEK
SZEREPE Az ISKOLASGYER-
MEX ELETEBEN
A zene es konyv hatasa a eyer
mex lelkere

Talan sziiksegtelen mindunta
Ian hangsulyozni, hogy gyermek
eleteben mily fontos szerepe van
a jateknak. Aligha fejl6dhetik
egeszseges testii.es egeszseges szel-
lemii emberre az gyermek, akit
fiatalkoraban teljesen megfosztot-
tax jatekaitol,. vagy akinek soha-
sem volt alkalma megnyerni a
gyermeki kivansagok legszebb es
ghobben ohajtott targyat: ja-
tekot. Szerencsere vannak kitiin6
iskolaink, ahol ere a celra szolga-
10 termekben es jatszo tereken
kHlon jatekorat 1elveznek at a oyer
mekek, sajnos azonban mines min
deniitt eleg es eleg k0zel iskola.
vagy -nyilvanos jatsz6ter, hogy
minden gyermeknek alkalma le-
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hessen szorakozni, tornaszni, jat-
1szani. A gyermek nevelese folya-
mataban sport, a sz6rakOzas, a
jatek eletbevag6 fontossaggal bir
Szuloknek modjuk ,es alkalmuk
van gyermekeiknek EFT el6segi-
teni es megis elmulasztjak, - sa-
jat magukat okozzak maid, ha a
gyermek szivesebben megy vagy
szokik az utcara jatszani, vagy csa
varogni es ha minduntalan csak a
nyilvanos Fbilliard-termeket es mas
kevesbbe kivanatos sz6rakoztat6
helyeket latogatja.
A gyermek neveleseben igen fon
tos szerepe van a zenenek, a k0nyv
nek, tarsasjatekoknak es mas $50
rakozasnak, de bizonyos, hogy
semmiesetre sem nevezhet6 igazan
t0keletes otthonnak az, ahol lily
sz6rakozasokra mem nyilik aka
lom. Hogy zene mily aldasos
hatassal miiveli a lelket, mem $50
rul bizonyitasra, de meg kell je-
gyezni lit, hogy ugy a zeneben,
mint az irodalomban csakis a leg
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ljobb, legmaradand6bb ertekH
gyakorol igazan nenes hatast es
fejleszti XII a gycrrnek fogekony
cricket a magasabb kvalitasu ze-
ne, vagy irodalom kivanasara es
atert6 elvezesere. A rovideleti,
olcs6 muzsika, amellyel oily sok
gyermek otthona van megtoltve,
lerontja a gyermek izleset, tom
pitja cricket es cs0kkenti felfog6-
erejet szebb, nemesebb, a klasz-
szikusabb zene megismereseben es
ltermeszetes elevezeteben. Ugyan-
akkor mem szabad figyelmen xviii
hagyni gyermek erzekenek XII
| fejleszteset mas miiveszetek irant
sem. Manapsag meg egy egyszerii
otthonnal biro, szegeny csaladnak
is m6djaban van a legnagyobb
szobraszok es fest6k miiveibSl
fenykepes reprodukciokat besze-
rezni.
A gyermek olvasasat, k0nyvci
megvalasztasat tulajdonkepen a
sziilonek kellene iranyitani, azon-
ban a legtobb esetben - ha mem
mindenkoron-az iskolara, nyil-
vanos konyvtarakra, vagy We
letlenre van bizva Is ICY felel6s-
seq jogtalanul ezekre harul. A
gyermeknek konyvek utjan val6
miiveleset mar kis koraban kell
megkezdeni, azaltal, hogy az anya
hangosan olvasson fel neki. Ki-
s6bb ell kell latni jo, kepes meses-
konyvekkel es megmagyarazni ne
XII kepek es abrak ertelmet. Ez
id6tol- kezdve bizonyara erdek-
l6dni fog meg t0bb KEEP, meg tobb
kis t0rtenet utan es kes6bb, mi
don mar sajat maganak olvashat,
megnyilnak el6tte legkulonfe-
lebb szinii, sulyu es kvalitasu tor
tenetek, versek, regenyek es tudo-
manyos munkak tarka vilaga.
Bar gyermeket termeszetes
hajlam segiti jo, nemes k0nyv
felismereseben, romlott, ala
csony niv6ju konyvek is er6tel-
sen befolyasoljak. A legf5bb
iranyad6 legyen: mem er6szakkal
tiltani meg valamely k6nyv DIVA
sasat, hanem fokr6l-fokra terelni
ell rossztol es ezt mindig indirekt
uton kell vegezni Is sohasem nyil-
tan. Az olvasastol val6 szigoru
eltiltas, vagy. valamely "rossz
k0nyv" nyilt, vagy csel utjan va
10 elkobzasa csak ezerszeresen csi-
gazza fel gyermek erdeklSdeset,
a gyermek mem vesztette ell erdek-
! lodeset, az artalmas k0nyv he
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lyett valami nagyon erdekes - es
a gyermek el6tt uj, izgalmas, de
feltetlen nemes - k0nyvet kell a
kezebe adm. Az oktalan k0nyv
helyett esetleg egy nagyszerii re-
genyt.
Sohasem felejtsiik ell, hogy bar
ell kell latnunk gyermeket bizo
nyos felszerelessel, konyvvel, ja-
tekkal, szerszamokkal, sot egy BIZ
zonyos hataron beliil jatekanak,
miivelesenek, szorakozasanak We.
zetesere is sziikseg van, de a oyer
mex sokkal t0bbet tanul, kelleme-
sebben sz6rakozik, ha dolgokat
sajat maya vegzi, mintha el6re ell
keszitve adjuk, vagy tessziik neki.
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A no riadtan felpillantott. De
elkapta a fejet hirtelen. Tekin-
tete az ifju merev pillantasaval
talalkozott. ICY hirtelen mem is
vett eszre rata semmi feltiinot
A vonasai durvak es esetlenek. dc
azert cs0ppet sem rutabb 3 sem,
mint tobbiek. Ruhaja csinos es
tiszta. Sarga f6lcipoje :kifogas-
talan. Meglehet, hogy k0lni vi
yet is hasznal. s mindennap meg
borotvalkozik.
- 0 is felszall. = sugja most a
ferj, mig batar hirtelen el6gor-
diilt. Uljiink szembe vele. Ugy
jobban megnezhetjiik.
A no reszketve engedelmeske-
dett, de mem inert f0lpillantani,
felt, hogy sobalvannya valtozik
mint 10th felesege. Csak az ifju
cipojet bamulta, mig a kocsi rim
90 menetben megindult veliik az
illatos erd6 fele. A szalagok kifo.
gastalanul vannak megk0tve. A
fiatalember ugy latszik kinos ele.
oanciaval 0lt0Zkodik.
Az omnibusz most egy tisztas-
hoz ert. Az ifju leugrott kocsi-
r6l kisse biceg6 leptekkel es
megg0rbiilt hattal, elindult az err
do fele.
- Eszrevetted = kerdi a ferj
rekedten, tovavonul6 alakra
mutatva.
= Kicsodat!
= Pithekanthropus folyton csak
teged bamult.
= Ugyan!
-Tekinteteben ugyanaz vad
es mela tiiz langolt XII, mint allat-
osen, mikor megpillanthatta a
neander-v0lgyi asszonyokat, vagy
az Aurrignac-faju oslanyokat, a
kiknek mar fejlett csip6jiik volt
es feher b6riik, es kivaloan al
kalmasoknak latszottak ivadekok
felnevelesere. Micsoda moh6 tiiz,
azokban dermedt szemekben!
A farj a fejet csovalta.
- Ha mem ul0k veled italian ma
gaval hurcolt volna az erdobe. We
szedelmes ember.
= Ostobasagokat beszel maya,
sugta az asszony balkan, mig
ket SCENE kejesen osszecsukodott.
Macy meglepetesere azonban
ofthon naperny6jenek fodrai ko-
zil egy papirszeletke hullott XII.
Ceruzaval irt gyors es kusza vona-
sok. Nyilvan az ifju csusztatta
oda, mig szemben iiltek az omni-
buszban. Nehany ostoba sor:
"Nagysagos asszonyom! Hol es
mikor ismerkedhetnem meg on
nelg On nagyon tetszik nekem!'
A levelet az asszony gyorsan' es
ijedten osszetepte. BQsszantotta
az is, hogy a nehany sor tele van
helyesirasi hibakkal, a mikor'
ket ka-val volt irva es "tet-
SILK" harom te-vel.
Diih0sen mondta:
- A Pithekanthropusok, ugylat
SILK, meg mem tannltak meg he
iyesirast. Mem tudtak megtanul-
nj az Oligocen 6ta!
Egy het mulva azonban egy
Macy csokor gyonyoru verbenat
kapott. Mem tudta, hogy XII kiild-
tie. A svab parasztfiucska, aki
hozta, csak annyit tudott kiny0g-
nj, hogy egy ur kiildi az omni-
buszb6l. s mar ell is. vagtatott.
lAz asszony az ablakhoz l6pett,
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TAlRCZA

Irta: Szekula Jen6

Meg a mertfoldes hiivosvolgy
uton kocogtattak vegig, tarsas
kocsi ringo borilesen almodozva
a fell hirtelen megrantotta fele
sege karjat.
Mini! Egy eleven Pithekan
thropus!
A no futo pillantast vetett az
erdo fele, amennyire az omnibus2
felig leengedett ponyvaja engedte
Mem latott azonban semmit. A
fiivel szegelyezett osvenyen egy
magas, szelesvallu es er0teljes no.
vesu ifiu bandukolt, vastag botian
tamaszkodva. Meleg volt. Levet.
te a szalmakalapjat. S egy pilla-
natig merengve bamult a tovag0r-
diilo omnibusz utan.
= Lattad? = kerdi a ferj izga-
tottan.
- Kit?
- AIT fiatalembert.
= Igen. De hol van Pithe-
kanthropus?
- o az! Nezd meg a kiall6 po-
facsontokat. Azokat az eles IS
fenyegeto szemfogakat, amelyek
elomerednek oriasi allkapcsaib6l,
amikor mosolyog. S milyen bor-
zalmas koRonya :. nezd, az a fur
csa hatSo - agy :. mint valami
oriasira megn6tt gibbone. Azok
a r0vid labszarak hatal-
mas felso test nyilvan nagyon
limos is lehet mint azok az 6s-
maimok, amelyek a diluviumban
click a f0ld0n.
A no megborzongott. Talan a
his szello is tette, amelyt el0retort
a mar viragbaborult kertek fel6l.
Dehat micsoda tulajdonks-
pen a Pithekanthropus? = kerdi
az asszony bizonytalanul.
Atmeneti leny S. az osem-
Der es a majom koz0tt. Nagyon
regen cit a f0ld0n !. ITALIAN a de-
luvium idejen :. ;. vagy meg el6bb,
mar az oligocenben. Sokaig mem
is hittfk letezeset. Mig vegre
csontjainak kove meredt masat
megtalaltak a Trinil- -sziget lava
iszapjaban. S kepzeld A labsza-
raj mar t0keletes emberi ,labszarak
voltak, ellenben koponyacsohtja-
max sotet odvai meg a gibbon
agyvel6 fejletlen berendezkedeset
arultak ell.
A ferj kihajoIt kocsib6l. Visz-
szanezett az ifju fele, aki meg
mindig a maeaslaton alldogalt,
meghajolt fels6testtel vastag bot
lara tamaszkodva.
= Ez fick6 is nagyon ostoba
lehet valosziniileg vad is.
Az asszony ellenkezni pr6balt.
Holman tudod megitelni ilyen
messzir6l?
%, hiszen mar LATHAM t0bb-
szor is. Multkor Budakeszin is ia
lalkoztunk. Egyszer szemben i'll
think a williamson is. Alaposan
szemiigyre vettem. Csak sajna-
lom, hogy mem eszkoz0lhettem
mereseket koponyajan.
A no nagyot s6hajtott.
= Pedig ez a flu milyen szepen
es divatosan 0ltozk0dik!
Az mem jelent semmit. J6
szab6ja van! Az osei megis a Ste
godon elefantokkal egyiitt ho-
lyogntak az erdon.
A no mem vitatkozott tovabb.
Az ura nagy tud6s volt es neve-
zetes anatomus is. Magantanar
volt pesti orvosegyetemen. Pa
taxi Janosnak hivtak. Negyven-
oteves es meg er5teljes ferfi. A
no husz evvel fiatalabb volt nala.
Keteves hazasok voltak. oyer
mekik mem volt. De a no mem
volt boldog. Gyakran szemreha-
nyasokat tett az uranak !. es je-
leneteket is r0gt0nz0tt hogy
inert mem folytat orvosi magan-
/ praxist, holott ugy milliokat SEE
rezhetne. Az is bantotta, hogy a
ferje minden megtakaritott pen
zpn nSlxori oSont1a1ptakat vacarnI
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lep az alton a ferje.
- Mini :. milyen szep viragok
XII kuldteg
- Mem tudom! - feleli nc
dHh0sen. ITALIAN epen a maga bu,
ia Pithekanthropusa.
S vad haraggal kidobta vira-
got az ablakon.
- Kar erte, mondta feri
szelid neheztelessel. Mert mem
6rzi meg a viragokat? ErdekeS
jegyei eek az emberi fejl6des tor
tenetenek A Pithekanthropusok
ugylatszik most elk a lovagkoru-
kat.
Az ifjut heteken at mem lattak
a k0rnyeken. ITALIAN az erd6 nyel-
te ell, vagy valami titokzatos os-
kori barlang. Pedig az asszony
gyakran bamult kekl0 erd0 fele,
ha varosba randult ,az evszaza-
dos fakkal szegelyezett hiivosv0l-
Cyl uton.
A no egyszer kes6 este teri meg
a varosb6l. Egyediil volt. Beii!T
az omnibuszba. Ebben a pillanat
ban egy vagtato ajax erkezik $
ugrik fel szelgyorsasaggal ko-
csira. A no megismeri. Elsapad.
A Pithekanthropus volt. Az ifju
csinosan van 0lt0zve, S a pofa-
csontjain a Dor meg fenylobb,
mint maskor. Kalapjat udvaria-
san megemeli. Meg mosolyog is.
CA szemfoga csakugyan ijeszto.)
= Megengedi, nagysam, hogy
idetelepedjem9
A no mem felel. Ajkat fagyo
san SZ0fltJa OSSZe.
= Ugy-e mar regen mem latott :?
Ujabb csend.
-Becsben voltam. A versenya
ken. Nagyon kedvelem spor-
tot. Ket milli6t nyertem. Kar,
hogy csak osztrak koronakban.
Az asszony kinezett az ablakon.
Mintha a tovag0rdiilo tajek mod
f0l0tt erdekelne.
Az ifju a homlokahoz kapott.
= Bocsanat! Elfelejtettem ker-
dezni. Meg tetszett kapni virag
jaimat?
A no biiszke tekintettel merte
vegig az ifjut S csak ennyit rebe
gett balkan:
= Szemtelenseg!
= Micsoda?
= Ismeretleniil viragct kiildeni
egy idegen asszonynak.
= Hobo, hiszen ezen k0nnyii Sc
giteni. Tark0vi Pal a nevem
s a kezet nyujtotta.
A no megengesztel6d0tt. Mar
mem haragudott annyira a Pithe
kanthropusra, s6t erdekl6dve hall
gatta ennek sziinni mem akar6 os-
toba fecsegeset. Az ifju elmondta,
hogy viragz6 zsakiizletet orok0!t
az apjat6l, amely tobb milli6 jove-
delmet halt, van egy csinos kis
villaja is a budakeszi erd6 szelen
es most birtokot kesziil vasarolni.
A Pithekanthropusok, ugy
latszik, praktikus emberek = til
n6d0tt no magaban elmerengye.
Pataki Jazont ujabban nagyon
elfoglaltak tudomanyos buvarko
dasai. Egy felvideki cseppkobar-
langr6l, nehany lada megkovese
dett csontot kapott, azokat ke-
szilt atvizsgalni.
= Ma ejjel is benmaradok a Ia
boratoriumban, = mondta az asz-
szonynak. Ne varjanak vacso-
raval. AIT hiszem, leletek ko-
z0tt sikeriil felfedeznem a dilu-
viumi ember csontjait.
Csak masnap delben j0tt XII Bu-
dakeszire. A feleseget mem talal-
ia otthon. De azert mem nyug-
talankodott. Nyilvan varosba
ment bevasarolni.
A tud6s leiilt az ir6asztalahoz,
hogy munkahoz lasson. De alig,
hogy folemei a mappat, meghiilt
az ereiben a yer. H5rom sor iras.
Megismeri. A g6gos, Macy es me-
roxy hatiikat fa1acaoanak ka
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Sok No eloszor ellenallhatatlan,
aztan kiallhatatlan.
Az asszony mennel fogatlanabb,
annal harap6sabb.
Az asszonyok legzsenia1isabb
felttalhl6k. Leghamarabb felta-.
laljak magukat. IS
The Washington times., 1922-09-21
VASSOS SWEARS
OFF ON TURKEY,
ALSO ON GREECE
KemaI, Sultan and King All
Renounced by Man Born
in Smyrna.

Following the advise of the
Father Of His Country" to avoid
entangling foreign alliances, and
making sure that no foreign poten.
tate could have any valid claim on
him after today, John Yassos, who
conducts grocery store at 1900
Ninth street northwest, and who
has been in this country eleven
years. today foreswore allegiance
to Mohammed VI. Sultan of Tur-
key. to the NationalistiC govern.
ment a; Angora. Turkey, and to the
King OF Greece.
Vassos is a native of Smyrna,
which was recently taken from the
Greeks by the army of Mustapha
Kemal Pasha. the victorious gen.
eral OF the Nationalist!c Turkish
army. Vassos has a wife and has
two children both OF whom were
born in This country. He took out
his first citizens papers today and
said: mo more Greece; no more
Turkey for me-" Attorney Micha ell
c. O'Brien represented the appli-
cant.
The Washington times., 1922-09-21
HARDING SIGNS
TARIFF To TAKE
EFFECT TONIGHT
Uses Gold Pen on Measure De
signed to Give v. S. $780,
900, 900 Yearly.
ETtNssuoS9 suss sCn
BY International News Service.

President Harding signed the
new Republican tariff bill at 1llO
o'clock this morning. The law will
he known officially as the tariff
act of 1922. 1t goes into effect at
midnight.
The bill was signed at the White
House in the presence OF Senator
McCumber R) OF North Dakota,
chairman OF the Senate Finance
COMMITTEES; Congressman Fontney
(R0 OF Michigan, the chaifhfan
and other members Of the Rouse
Ways and Means Committee.
The President affixed his sigma.
ture to the bill with a gold foun.
tain pen presented by Fordney,
which the Michigan Congressman
will retain as a souvenir.
THE bill was long in making"
the President Is quoted as saying
after he had signed his name to the
measure, but II we succeed, as I
hope we will succeed. in making
effective the elastic provision OF the
measure, II will make the greatest
contribution toward progress in
tariff.making in the nations his.
tory"
The President made reference
here to the provision Of the bill
which gives the Executive power
to raise and lower tariff rates at
will when 1t is found that the du
ties fixed in the law do not con.
form with changing economic con
ditions in the United States and
abroad.
The new tariff act. the draftins
Of which was started in April. 1921
repeals the present Underwood
tariff act and the emergency tariff,
act, which was placed on III,
statute books soon after the Hard
ing Administration came into
power.
The dye embargo provided for ir
the emergency tariff law is re
pealed by the new permanent tariff
At the Treasury Department 10
day II was stated that the annua
revenue from the new tariff woulC
average between $3.50 200. 900 an,
S400, 900, 900 - approximately 800.
900, 900 in excess of the annual re
turns under the present tariff.
Expansion OF the customs seryic
will be necessary to administer IN
new tariff, Treasury officials said
Much of this expansion will ink
place at New York, although IN
creases in the personnel OF the .us
toms forces will be made at othe
| important ports.
The Washington times., 1922-09-21
British Commander
Says Turks Advance
Will Be Act of War
By International News Service

PARIS, Sept. 21.-General Sir
Charles Harrington. British COM
mander in the Near East, made
formal announcement at Constan-
tinople that England will consider it
an act OF war IL the Turkish Ma
tionalists advance into the neutral
zone along the Turkish Straits, said
a Constantinople dispatch to LIN
formation this afternoon.
French foreign office officials said
they believed that General Harring.
ton was acting under instructions
received before the decisions Of the
Paris conference were reached and
that he will likely receive fresh
orders from London which may
change the situation.
There will not be another formal
meeting of the delegates Of Britain,
France. Italy, and Jugo-Slavia until
Friday.
The Washington times., 1922-09-21
GETS 40 YEARS IN JAIL
FOR 2 KILLINGS ONE DAY

ASHEVILLE, N. c., Sept. 21.-
Walter =. Brooks. n former special
deputy sheriff, was sentenced to
forty years in the State penitentiary
here today following his conviction
on charges OF having slain Laurcns
West and Emory Lance, July Is last.
Two sentences ,aggregating the two.
score years, were imposed.
The homicides occurred on the Bilt-
more estate during On alterCad don,
said to have originated over the Kill.
ing OF a dog belonging TO one Of the
men who was slain.