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The New York herald., 1922-08-04
Self Government for Smyrna,

The proclamation of self-govern-
ment for Smyrna and that part Of the
Asia Minor coast which Is occupied
by the Greeks and the simultaneous
concentration Of Greek force in
Thrace along the outer defenses OF
Constantinople present new phase
of the war between the Greeks and
the Turkish Nationalists. The con-
troll of Smyrna and Constantinople is
the goal of Greece's ambition and
the main purpose OF the struggle in
which the Greeks have been engaged
ever since they entered the Balkan
war in 1912. But 1t is doubtful IL
they expect to attain this end by
forcible occupation OF these two
cities. 1t is more likely that the
movement is planned on the eve Of
the meeting Of the allied nations in
order to bring about a favorable de-
cision on the Near East question.
At the conference OF the Premiers
OF France, Italy and Great Britain
two months ago It was agreed that
the Sevres treaty was imperative.
But when 1t came to making a sub
stitute for 1t there was no unity OF
action. Meetings for the final
settlement OF the controversy we're
twice postponed, the reason an
nounced being that "the nations in
terested desired moro time for con-
sideration." In the meantime hostil
| ities between the Greeks and Turkish
Nationalists have ceased chiefly be-
cause of exhaustion OF both forces
and Constantinople has remained
under the control Of a commission
OF the allied powers.
The proclamation Of autonomy for
the Asia Minor coast was made by
the Greek High Commissioners and
without doubt by authority of the
Athens Government. A Smyrna mes
sage says that 1t was received with
enthusiasm by the people OF Smyrna,
especially by the Mussulmans," and
that all races Will be represented In
the government Of the autonomous
State. There is in this distinct re-
minder of the situation in Crete at
the time Greece absorbed that island
and made a successful truce with It's
Moslem inhabitants despite the Con
stantinople Government. Racially
the Greeks are in the majority at
Smyrna: they represent, too. the
The New York herald., 1922-08-04
PASSENGER AIRPLANE
FORCED DOWN IN STORM
Party Drenched on Way to
NetO York.

Special Dispatch to THE New YoaK HERALD
ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 3.--Five pas
scngers aboard the airplane Ambassador
had dangerous experience In storm
while $500 feet above the ocean to-day
on a trip from Atlantic City to New
York. The machine finally descended at
Beach Haven. and the occupants suf-
fered nothing worse than a drenching.
The airplane had left Atlantic City
about 10 o'clock In the morning. Soon
afterward she ran into a tempest In
the clouds and for time wabbled about
uncertainty in the air. Her pilot, w. T.
Miller, climbed to a higher altitude I'm
the hope that he could rise above the
the heavier the storm seemed to be.
The rain fell in torrents and, driven by
a forty mile an hour wind, lashed the
aircraft in a manner to bring concern
to those aboard.
For an hour the craft sailed about.
with nothing in sight above and below
but swirling clouds and the wind driven
downpour. Finally fearing an accident
and unable to make progress. Capt.
Miller descended. U.
The passengers made their way to a
farmhouse, where they received dry
clothing and warm food. Those aboard
in addition to Capt. Miller were y.
Rodriguez, Peggy Marsh and J. John
son, her dancing partner, and Harold
Thompson, mechanic. Later when tho
weather cleared the party few on to
New York
The New York herald., 1922-08-04
Passing Notes, Not Cold Cash.

ARTHUR BRISBANE, indefatigable
writer, versatile homilist and brill
liant commentator, discusses Secretary
MELONS highly successful refunding
operations as II the United States
Government were borrowing new
money or real money and getting
offered to IL from people whose
pockets are bulging with cold cash
four times as much new money or
real money as the Secretary Of the
Treasury wanted.
Not exactly. The Treasury had a
few hundred millions Of its notes
coming due. 1t ceuld not meet them.
1t asked the Governments creditors
to take new notes for old notes-in
effect to extend the notes. The credi-
tors said they would. They did.
No cash to speak of actually passed.
Nothing really happened except that
the United States Government did
renew, virtually. the payable notes.
renewed them. too, at lower in
terest rate than 1t had been paying
on the old notes--and very good busi-
Dess for the United States Govern
ment under the experienced and able
financial management of the trained
banker and outstanding business fig
ure now at the head Of the United
States Treasury Department.
The New York herald., 1922-08-04
For Commuters to Ponder.
They Owe Something to the Railroad
Sh0pmen Now on the Job.

To THE NEW York HERALD: Do the
thousands Of commuters who depend on
the steam railroads for transportation
between their homes and New York city
understand what the proposal to restore
to striking railroad shopmcn their SEN
iority rights means?
1t means that the old employees who
stuck by their Jobs, and the new en-
ployees who under. promise Of protec-
tion of the Government and the rail-
roads. the men who since July have
kept the trains running. the men who
have made possible maintenance OF the
service by which these thousands OF
commuters have been able to travel
daily with practically no inconvenience.
would be penalized for their faithful
ness. They would be put in seniority
under the men who. with the purpose
and intention of making the commuters
walk. quit their jobs.
The fact that so far in this strike
these thousands of commuters have been
able to live as they want to live. with
SO little disturbance Of the routine OF
their existence. is due entirely to the
faithful old and new men.
Do the commuters want to see those
men punished? CoMMuTEa.
MoNTcAIR, N. J., August 8.
The New York herald., 1922-08-04

It's original cost was $4,000. The
bridge which was dedicated yester-
day cost s4.000.o00. 1t has total
length of $500 feet, with seven arch
spans over the river. of length vary
Ing from 110 to 176 feet.
Four memorial tablets, two on
either side, link the bridge with the
past by the inscriptions written for
them by SOLOMON B. GRIFFIN. One
bears the title Pioneer and Colo
NAL Period" another "Period Of the
Revolutionary War;" the third 'war
to Preserve the Union" and the
fourth THE Later Wars on For
eign Soil" This last tablets inscrip-
tion ends with the words also found
on the reverse Of the memorial medal,
From the pioneers down through
the world war love Of freedom linked
the generations.
The New York herald., 1922-08-04
Color in Horses.
Those With Buckskln Coats Said to
Endure Hardships Best.

To THE NEW York HERALD: Good
horses come In all shapes. sizes and
colors," as you say. but an observation
through several decades supports the
old Western belief that horses with su-
perior stamina are roughly but generally
to be recognized by their color.
The toughest of all range horses not
the most beautiful. are the buckskins.
as a color class. Next rank perhaps
the blue roans. and close to them the
strawberry roans. with the far more
numerous and popular bays In fourth
place and the white horses, as a numer-
Gus class, practically In last place as
to toughness.
That is to say that II 100 horses of
each color class were selected from sound
specimens of cavalry requirement type
and were ridden across continent from
New York to Seattle under like condi-
tions for all the physical condition Of
the animals at the finish would probably
show that more of the yellowish dun
colored or buckskin horses came through
in good shape. especially IL there were
bad weather and hardships, although
special individuals of any class might
take high ranking. The buckslsin Is
nearest in toughness to the mule. and
the blue roans and the strawberry roans
are next.
The so-called circus horse. the calico
coiored animal with large blotches OF
color. the pinto, or painted, of the old
Spanish southwest and tho Indian coun-
try, is always weak in one eye IL The
white patch OF the face extends to and
includes one eye. That eye waters. at
tracts gnats and Is point OF weakness
which marks such a horse for a less
ened value. There may be exceptions
to this rule. but never nave seen one.
Among some $4,000 horses still left
In New York city / have noticed con-
siderable number OF teams OF straw
berry roans and a smaller number OF
blue roans. for the blue Is less rumer-
GUS everywhere than the strawberry
roam. Among New York city's remain
Ing work horses have been surprised
at seeing a very remarkably large per-
centage Of animals with shallow. spat-
ulated and fragile hoofs, indicating a
supply strain Ill adapted to the frequent
heavy shoeing and the hard usage on
city pavements. 1 don't knows where
this rather predominating breed OF New
York work horses is raised, but GER
tainly there is weakness In tho hoofs
OF that strain.
What strikes any horse lover with a
peculiar pang in New York is to note
that not vehicle has a brake. that the
poor horses must take, too often With
| III adjusted buttock breeching, the full
The New York herald., 1922-08-04
Spring6elds Memorial Bridge.

The Hampden county memorial
bridge. spanning the Connecticut
River at Springfield, Massachusetts,
was dedicated yesterday. 1t super
sedes the covered wooden toll bridge
erected in 1916, which was the Sec
ond bridge to be thrown across the
Connecticut at Springfield. The first
bridge was opened In 1906, nineteen
years after the first proposal was
made and ridiculed. Men who prided
themselves on their common sense
said it was an engineering feat I'm
possible of accomplishment. OF the
dominic who in 1856 first advocated
IL Colonel WoRTHINGToN said Par
son HOWARD talks like fool"
AS a memorial to the part played
by long generations in the building
UP OF a community and the cement
ing Of a nation there is perhaps no
structure more fitting or more sym
bolic than a bridge. Properly de-
signed and built II combines utility
with beauty. The generations pass
over 1t and beyond II, and the bridge
remains, to strike fire in the thought
and imagination OF those who come
after so long as 1t endures.
The men OF Springfield and Hamp.
den county will be sorry to see the
old toll bridge go, although they
knew it must and should go. On al
the length Of the Connecticut II is
the only one OF It's kind remaining
The New York herald., 1922-08-04
Boxing Champions.
Doubtful Titles Unavoidable Under
Present Conditions.

To THE New YoRK HERALD Tex
O'Rourke says the National Boxing AS
ISOLATION is doing excellent work. Never
theless. the fact remains that some OF
the most important rules are still differ
ent In various States.
AS I understand 1t. the former mid
dleweight champion Johnny Wilson was
not suspended in New York State, he
was deposed in Ohio he was merely
suspended. Naturally doubt exists as
TO who is the champion. This must be
decided.
In the recent Leonard-Tendler bout for
the lightweight championship the Eue-
ming Bulletin OF Philadelphia awarded
the decision 70 tho challenger, while
several New York writers called II a
draw. others describing It as a Leonard
victory. That doubt exists because New
Jersey allows no decision. Most States
allow the decision of the referee or of
a special commission OF judges. That
condition should be remedied.
NEW YORK, August 8. s. AK.
The New York herald., 1922-08-04
most progressive element Of the
city's population.

most progressive element Of the
city's population.
The High Commissioner showed
shrewdness not only in his recogni-
tion OF the different races in Smyrna
but also in his position regarding the
defense OF the region. BY saying that
the new State must defend itself
against attack he turns the tables on
MusrArHA KEMAL Pasha. in that II
this Nationalist leader would recover
the Asia Minor coast he must become
the aggressor. He cannot remain
securely intrenched in the Anatolian
highland but must advance against
the Greeks In their own fortified
stronghold. In such a warfare the
Greeks very evidently would have
the advantage.
The allied nations unquestionably
find the chief peril in this situa-
tion at Smyrna and not at Constan-
tinople. The Powers OF Europe
stopped the Bulgars at the Chatalia
trenches in the Balkan war and they
halted Russia on the plains Of Thrace
thirty years before. The Allies with
their armies and war vessels are
able to stop the Greek advance IL
they choose to do so. There is moth
ing to indicate that the Greek long
ing for the ancient Byzantine capital
Is to be satisfied by this grand ges-
ture of CONSTANTINE.
1t is useless to minimize the dan
ger of the present situation. 1t is
new phase of peril to peace with
which Europe has struggled for more
than a half century. According to
the advance information on the COM
ing conference the desire now is for
a permanent settlement. How that
is to be brought about in the face of
conflicting national demands is mat
ter which the world will await with
interest.
The New York herald., 1922-08-04
Womanly Ideals.
Qualities Praised I'm the Bible and
the Needs Of To-day.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: We md
the Biblical ideal of the virtuous woman
In Proverbs XXI.
Her work practically consists in carry
rying out. as far as possible. routine
become racialiy habitual. In this the
ignorant. uneducated person might com
pete successfully with the clever edu-
Gated woman. The woman requires great
patience and great endurance. but to her
husband are brought problems OF the
nation.
. The majority of Americans have
stopped short of recognition OF the ma
tional problem and consequently the
need OF trying TO solve It. They do not
think of national achievement as being
In any sense involved In the problem.
This American time might be dubbed
the Age Of Housekeepers Government.
have not meant to cast reflections
on woman suffrage. The true leader
finds able champions in some women.
WOMAN VOTER.
SPARTA, ILL.,. August 2.
The New York herald., 1922-08-04
A Good Policeman's Work.

The example set by a New York
patrolman, LAWRENCE WALSH, is one
which might we'll be copied by every
policeman and every other peace off,
GER in the country.
WALSH was stabbed twice in the
back by man whom he had angered
in carrying on his duty. The blade
went so deep that it narrowly missed
the policeman's heart, but WALSH
seized his assailant and started for
the station house with him.
A crowd OF men who had seen the
attempt to assassinate the policeman
menaced the prisoner and only the
conscientious regard for duty dis
played by WALSH may have saved
the criminal from mob treatment.
To his bravery In overcoming the
armed adversary WALSH added an
exhibition Of fine respect for the law
None would have blamed him IT,
wounded as he was, he had left his
assailant to the mercy OF the crowd /;
but he fought his way through the
throng and took his prisoner safely
to the station.
A good man, WALsH-able to hold
his own against an armed scoundrel
and able to keep the scoundrel un-
harmed until the law should deal with
him. So long as the Police Depart
ment has plenty of men like WALSH
the politicians will not succeed in
breaking its morale.
The New York herald., 1922-08-04
An Early Tariff Vote.

The leaders of the Democratic mi
nority in the United States Senate
agree to an early vote on the tariff.
Why not?
There never has been a chance, as
THE New YORK HERALD frequently
has reminded the Congress majority
leaders, that the Democratic men,
bers would obstruct the final pas
sage of the Fordney-McCumber tariff.
There is hardly more of a chaIce
that if the majority leaders are bent
upon enacting their measure with it's
unscientific, extravagant and dan
gerous provisions, but at the test
lack enough votes to jam 1t through,
the Democrats will not supply the
needed votes.
If the majority leaders have the
reckless temerity to inf1ict such a
measure upon the country the Demo-
cratic party has nothing to lose and
everything to gain from such fool
hardy act. The politically shrewd,
calculating Democratic leaders, in
deed. would about as soon think of
keeping this faulty, bungled, indefen-
sible legislation from going into the
1922 political campaign as a rational
man would think Of throwing thou
sand dollar bill into the fire.
The Democrats want this Fordney-
McCumber tariff for their principal
issue to tSke to the voters at the
November elections. They arc going
to use 1t as their strongest and best
weapon against the Republican party
They are going to use It IL 1t is en-
acted into actual law; they are going
to use 1t IL it fails to get through
this session.
With the Fordney- Cumber tariff
monstrosity written into the national
statutes the Democrats expect to win
in November several seats in the
Senate and scores of seats in the
House OF Representatives.
With the Fordney- -McCumber tariff
monstrosity put into full operation
the Democrats hope to capture in
1924 not merely the Senate and the
House but the whole national Gov
ernment.
Even IL the Fordney- -McCumber
tariff monstrosity should be side
tracked by the Congress majority
leaders until after the November cleo
tions for repairs and improvements
in the next session the Democrats
are sure they can win House and
Senate seats by holding the measure
UP to the voters as a horrible ex.
ample OF what the Congress majority
leaders meant to do, what they tried
to do and what they still will dc
when they get back to Washington
after the November voting.
That Is why the Democratic mem.
bers OF the Senate are no longer
standing in the way of final vote
ON the tariff. 1t is why they are
willing not merely to let 1t go through
but to help 1t go through.
And nobody can very well blame
The New York herald., 1922-08-04

the Democratic leaders. II the Repub-
lican leaders appear to be contem-
plating political suicide-nobody can
blame the Democrats for wishing to
become in that way the residuary
legatees OF the Government of the
United States.
But 1t is incomprehensible how
competent. responsible Republican
leaders with eyes in their heads can
deliberately plunge into a deep. dark
well the Democratic party is hoping
they will fall into. well into which.
as a matter of fact. the Democratic
party will push them II they do not
themselves fall into 1t.
Let the tariff wait until after the
November elections.
The New York herald., 1922-08-04
An Ice Well.
Montana Indian Discovers Freak OF
Nature on Reservation.
From YOUTHS Companion

From Youths Compdxion.
More than eight years ago John
Spotted Wolf. an Indian Of the Chey-
enne reservation In eastern Montana,
decided that he should like to have a
well near his log cabin. So he and his
wife Mary chose spot near large
pine tree. perhaps twenty rods from
the door, and then John began to dig.
BY noon of the second day he had dug
down ten feet. Although the weather
was mild. he had complained of being
cold while at work. After eating he
put on an extra coat and went to work
again. He kept Mary and her brother
Rolling Bull busy hauling up and carry
ing away the dirt that he loosened. But
in spite Of Johns extra clothing he stili
was cold. On the third morning he
added more clothing but when night
came and the we'll had reached tho
depth of eighteen feet he was almost
frozen.
The next morning he again descended
the well and worked as rapidly as his
many layers of clothing would permit.
After a while water began to appear.
Suddenly he shouted, Pull me upi Pull
me upr'
John had barely reached the surface
before the well filled TO within foot
OF tho top and then began to freeze
around the edges. In short time only
a small opening perhaps foot in d.
ameter remained.
The well remains the same way year
after year. During the day In summer
N. ~ -
but at night II freezes again. The well,
which furnishes a permanent Ice supply
for the people in the neighborh6od. Is a
strange freak of nature. of which there
are SO many in the western part OF the
State. Tourists who visit the reserva-
ton regard II as a great curiosity.
The New York herald., 1922-08-04
Careless Smokers.
Loss Of Life and Property Caused by
Cigarette Butts.

To THE New York HERALD: Is It no.
high time that some steps were taken
by persons In authority to discourage
the careless manner In which smokers
throw away lighted butts OF cigars and
cigarettes?
A large number of fires which have
taken place recently were undoubtedly
caused by such carelessness. Only three
or four weeks ago the Lafayette Club
At Minnetonka Beach was destroyed
with a loss OF several lives and money
loss OF s25o,Ooo by a fire from this cause,
and the destruction of the Maidstone
Golf Club at Easthampton on Sunday
has been attributed to the same cause.
Wherever you go you will see young
men and elderly men and women throw
Ing in all directions cigarettes still burn
ing. Only a short time ago / was at
one OF the best country clubs In tho
metropolitan district and noticed several
marks on the floor where spots had
been burned, and on inquiry ] was in
formed that they were caused by the
manner which smokers carelessly threw
lighted cigarettes in all dlrections--on
mantelpieces and window seats as well
as the floor.
There was time when expectorating
in street cars was a popular pastime
To-day that is as unfashionablc as con-
gress CATERS. simply because the public
was educated to realize that 1t was a
menace to health. This throwing away
OF lighted cigarettes is menace to life
as well as property and as soon as It
is discouraged and put a stop to the
better 1t is going to be for all con-
cerned. WILLIAM M. SHAcKroRD.
New York, August 8.
The New York herald., 1922-08-04
Old Houses.

old houses, wherein folk have lived and
died,
Have entities as separate OF their own
As those who meath their shelt'ring
roofs have grown;
Some houses offer welcome warm and
wide,
And some apart In proud aioofness bide.
Some show grim faces. dark and sin
ister.
And some like happy kittens seem to
or comfort to whoever comes inside.
Worn brownstone fronts on some
changed city street,
That once more stately usagcs befcil.
Brood with an air elusive and discreet
On gay and lost romances they might
tell
But all old houses have strange secrets,
kept
In walls that with their owner, laughed
and -wept.
CHARLOTTE BECKER.