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The New York herald., 1922-05-04
Real Transit Improvement.

The way to improve the subway
service was to improve it. The Tran
sit Commission has done that very
thing in issuing to the Interborough
the most drastic order in the sub
ways history. 1t has uttered it's di-
rections in a form which enables
every New Yorker TO see just how
the improvement will affect him or
her. 1t has not been content with
giving a general order for more cars
or a reduction of the interval be-
tween trains, but has specifically de-
clared on which lines and at which
hours the service shall be bettered
and to what extent.
Best OF all, from the viewpoint of
the man on the strap, the improve
ment is to start without waiting for
new cars, new operatives or new
money. The Interborough has four
weeks in which to prepare new
schedule which must go into force
Oh 4hoy Oi. Oh lHdI Qay IL lAuot
call out it's reserve forces of motor
men and guards and, by using every
car it has and operating it's trains
on closer headway, it must run 246
additional trains every day. This
means a general Improvement of
nearly 10 per cent. on the present
nd chnytlA 1af fiun
comfort during the summer months,
when travel falls off. BY the middle
of September, when the vacation sea-
son is over, the InterborOugh. which
will have had time to obtain new
cars and train new operatives, must
make a further increase of la trains
day; so at the beginning of au-
tumn the service will be 13 per cent
generally better than at present.
AS Chairman MCANENY of the Tran
sit Commission points out. what is
being done now would have been i'm
possible to do year ago, when the
Transit Commission took office, with
out plunging the Interborough into
bankruptcy. Now, thanks to better
money conditions, lower material
prices and the fairness of the Inter
borough employees in voluntarily re-
ducing their wages to meet a desper-
ate situation, the road can much bet
ter afford the outlay of S7,000,000 for
new equipment and the addition of
at least S1,000,000 year to the op-
Grating payroll.
Neither the Transit Commission
nor the Interborough can do the i'm
possible. There will not be this year
or, perhaps. in the lifetime of any
reader, seats for everybody in the
rush hour. But the Transit Commits
sion has begun definite program
for running all the trains in the rush
hour that the tracks will safely carry
In some places it has been able to
add little to the schedule, but it has
added what it could. A single item,
the increase of 10 per cent. in the
service of West Side express trains
northbound between 5 and P. NJ,
shows how the Commission is trying
to improve conditions even where the
load seemed as heavy as the line
could bear.
The biggest improvement will be
seen in the non-rush hours, the noon
time service on both sides of the
town being increased from IA to 80
per cent.
The new plan, effective this month,
is but the beginning. Two or three
years may see far greater improve
ments. But the subway standee is
interested in what he is going to
get in the way Of immediate relief.
The Transit Commission knows this
and has acted accordingly.
The New York herald., 1922-05-04
All for a Postage Stamp.

The man who buys two cent
stamp and affixes it to letter which
he drops into box scarcely realizes
that he is dealing with one Of the
greatest business institutions of the
world, with a service nationwide in
extent and in operation every second
of time. The magnitude of this busi-
ness and service was set forth with an
interesting array Of facts and figures
by JOHN Fl. BARTLETT, First Assistant
Postmaster-General, in an address
yesterday before the Chamber of
Commerce at Marion, Ohio.
The Post Office Department has
$4,000 employees, who, in Mr..
BARTLETT phrase, are called on to
please not merely one employer eight
hours a day but 10O,0OO,OOO en-
ployers twenty-four hours of every
day in the year.
Every year 12,000,000,000 letters
are handled, or practically one for
each dollar which foreign govern
ments owe Uncle SAM. Continuing.
Mr.. BARTLETT said:
"of parcels s,OoO,oOoooo are han
died each year. We sell 14,000,-
100000 postage stamps, ,700,000,000
stamped envelopes and 1,125, 100000
postal cards each year, and for ac-
commodation we lick many of the
stamps. We issue S1,500, 900, 900 in
money orders yearly. We have the
largest savings bank in the world,
namely, 100000 depostors. with a
total deposit Of s152.0oO.o0o.
you see a mail sack now and
then, but you do not realize probably
that we have 65,000,0O0 Of them, and
we have one little factory in Wash
ington employing 500 hands engaged
in mending them all the time. We
use 100000 miles of twine each year
to tie up the letters. This is enough
to wrap around the earth thirty-two
times.
"Some ingenious boy some day
will invent method of handling
these letters without this tying with
string which cuts into the letters
and sometimes Injuries them"
And that boy, it may be added.
will not only make fortune but be
a public benefactor.
According to Mr.. BARTLETT. the
Post Office Department has now in
operation nearly $4,000 rural routes,
2S2 new routes having been added
in the present administration and
$40 routes having been extended.
This means there are served $4,000
families by rural mail delivery.
The air mail service last year COW
cred 100000 miles and carried some
100000 letters. The Department has
a factory in which its own airplanes
are made. The comfort, security and
Of the men in this
service have not been neglected.
Most of the mail fliers have helmets
over their heads, mouthpieces before
their lips and wires 800 feet long
trailing beneath them by which they
can at any time communicate with
the Department in Washington or
other points. They can also listen
to music and speeches hundreds of
miles away as they fly.
And all for the price OF postage
stamp!
The New York herald., 1922-05-04
DANCE TO FOLLOW CONCERT.
YnIc Giee Club Gives Annual EN-
tertainment Tomorrow NiHht.

The Yale families of New York will
be well represented at the Hotel Astor
tomorrow night on the occasion of the
annual concert of the combined Yale
Glee. BanJo and Mandolin Clubs After
the concert there will be dance and
midnight supper under the auspices Of
the Yale Club OF New York.
Among the patronesses are Mrs. Err
nest r. Adee. Mrs. Frederic w. Allen,
Mrs. Frederick Searles Armstrong, Mrs.
Albert B. Ashforth, Mrs. e. s. Auchin-
Gloss, Mrs James Coates Auchincloss,
Mrs. Gordon Auchincloss, Mrs. Hugh d.
Auchincloss, Mrs Courtlandt d. Barnes.
Mrs. Dom Barber. Mrs. Samuel Rossi-
ter Belts, Mrs. William Bradley Mrs.
Paul S. Brinsmade, Mrs. Howard S.
Borden and Mrs. Howard G. Brokaw.
The New York herald., 1922-05-04
BOY CHOIR TO GIVE CONCERT.
VIII Appear Tonight for Aid of
Irish Brothers.

The boy choir and boy orchestra OF
All Saints parochial school will give a
concert and entertainment at the Lex
ington Avenue Theater tonight for the
benefit of the new novitiate Of the Irish
Christian Brothers. The program. most
of which will be in the Gaelic tongue,
will consist OF old ballads of the days
of Ireland's glory and greatness. There
will be jigs and reels and hornpipcs and
two playlets.
The new novtiate. 20 be known as
Cluain Ard. Is already in course of erec-
ton at West Park. Espopus, across the
river from Poughkeepsie.
The New York herald., 1922-05-04
His Best Point.

Mcneil correspondence Magnolia Ne,bs.
The l.. and N. w. II. II. reminds us Of
story told of an old woman in a certain
community who never spoke evil OF any one.
but on the contrary always had CHEEKY worJ
for them It happened that worthless man
died In the neishborhood. Tho people gen
orally were recounting his evil deeds and
bad character. No one could mention even
one good trait. when this dear old lady
said: "weli. I can say one thing about
John; he was ono OF the best whlstlers 7
ever saw"
The New York herald., 1922-05-04
PILGRIMAGE TO HAMPTON.
TO Attend Fffty-fourth Annual Ex-
erciscs of Institute.

A special train leaving over the Penn
sylvania Railroad yesterday morning
under the direction of Mr.. Alexander 4.
Trowbridge. president OF the National
Hampton Association, carried party OF
pilgrims to attend the fifty-fourth ami
versary exercises of Hampton Institute.
at Hampton. Va. to-day and tomorrow.
In the party were Mrs. William Ham
lin Childs. Mrs. st. Clair McKeiway,
Messrs. George Foster Peabody, II. r..
Ames and A. S. F'rissell, DR.. Henry s.
Huntington, Mrs. G. Grant La Fargo,
Mr.. William J. Schieffeln, Mr.. w. j..
Van Sinderen Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Far
rand, Mr.. James G.. Biddle of Phiadel-
phia and Mr.. John J. Rogers of Lowell.
Mass
The New York herald., 1922-05-04

gram was divided into two parts. an in
strumental and vocal.
The third session OF the Festival of
the Organ under the auspices of the
National Association of Organists in the
Wanamaker Auditorium. was given yes
terday under the special direction of the
Catholic Guild OF Organists, who pre-
sented In recital Richard Keys Biggs,
organist of the Church of the Queen of
All Saints, Brooklyn.
The New York herald., 1922-05-04

The theft of $4,000 sable coat
from Fifth avenue shop indicates
that some determined young woman Is
bound 10 have her summer furs.
The New York herald., 1922-05-04
An Arkansas cntas,ron.,c.

VdncSio,rn pctrs IN Marshall Mountain War,
viii Robertson happened 20 some bad luc,
TIC other day. Ills best hound dos fell OF
the table and broke his leg.
The New York herald., 1922-05-04
Applied Saving.

1lnicker--This daylight saving is a fine
scheme.
Booker Yes. indeed; II gives a man more
time In his cellar
The New York herald., 1922-05-04

A counterfeit 81 bill has been found
and believers in the ancient super
stition that bills of this denomination
bring bad luck now have a respectable
reason for refusing to accept them.
The New York herald., 1922-05-04
To-day's Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York--Showers to-
day and probably tomorrow not much
change In temperature: moderate To
fresh south and southwest winds.
For New Jersey-Showers to-day ana
probably tomorrow not much change
In temperature; moderate TO fresh south
east and south winds.
For Northern New England-Rain to-
day and probably tomorrow not much
change In temperature; moderate to
irish southeast and south winds.
For Southern New England-Showers
to-day and probably tomorrow; cooler
on northeastern Massachusetts, coast to-
day; moderate to fresh southeast and
south winds.
For Western New York-Unsettled
probably showers to-day and to-mor-
how; not much change In temperature:
moderate to fresh southeast and south
winds.
WASHINGTON, May s.--Pressure con-
tinued to fall to-day over the eastern
halff of the country. except Northern
New England. The barometer remained
high off the South Atlantic coast and il
was relatively high and rising over
Northern New England and the Cana
dian maritime provinces.
This pressure distribution has been
attended by showers within the last
twenty-four hours almost generally from
Texas and the plateau States eastward.
except New England and Northern New
York. The temperature has fallen In
the northern plain States and in New
England. The Indications are for un-
settled showery weather without mate
rial change In temperature tomorrow
and Friday in the Atlantic States.
The New York herald., 1922-05-04
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.
EVENTS. TO-DAY.

Highest temperature, 20, at p. NJ.
Lowest temperature, 55. at Z 80 A. M.
Average temperature SO.
The New York herald., 1922-05-04

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Evening star., 1922-07-19

prepared lopg program for the troops
to carry out on the tactical march from
Camp Simms to Fort Washington. ine
troops will leave their base shortly
after s o'clock tomorrow morning, and
the war will be on as soon as contact
is established with the enemy outpests.
Owing to the fact that the war problem
will take some time, the troops are not
expected to reach the post until late
in the afternoon. The rolling kitchens
will be part of the motor truck train,
and lunch will be served on the roadside.
To Destroy Supplies.
The local troops will be expected to.
show just how an engineer company
would operate in an advance INTENDED
to capture and destroy stores of an
will be expected to establish contact
with a company of infantry, acting as
Evening star., 1922-07-19
!. PRICE LEVEL HIGHER.
Commodities at Wholesale Increase
During June.

Further. increase in the general
level of wholesale prices for June,
as compared with May, is shown by
information gathered by thas DEPART
ment OF. Labor through the bureau of
labor. statistics in representative
markets of rtha country. This in
crease. it was said. measures LIS
per cent, which compares with an, in
crease of IL from April to May.
; The largest price gains were re-
ported for fuel and building materials.
in each of which groups the June
level was over 4. per cent higherthan
that of May. Food articles avefAged
nearly ia per cent higher and cloths
and clothing over 2E per cent higher. :
4 OF 404 commodities. for which com
parable data for May and June were
obtained, increases were said to have
been found to have occurred for 132
commodities, and decreases for lO6
commodities. In>the case Of 166 COM
modities no change in average prices
was reported.
Evening star., 1922-07-19
'GROCERS FROLlC TODAY.

Grocers of Washington are today on
their twentieth annual excursion to
Marshall Hall. At meeting of the
excursion committee held last night
final arrangements for entertainment
at the resorI were completed. Chair
man 3. 3. Allison of the committee
reported that twenty-seyen- athletic
events would be held. including races for
girls. boys. men and women: roll-top
races for ladies, hurdle race, peanut
race. wheelbarrow race and many
other novelty contests. Prizes are TO
be awarded to the winners.
All grocers who are members OF the
association closed their stores at noon
today.
Evening star., 1922-07-19

a patrol in the vicinity of Broad
creek. and dispose of 1t, SO that fur
ther advance can be made on the base
Of stores.
The troops will leave camp under
heavy marching orders and will sleep
on the post grounds at Fort Wash
ington in pup tents tomorrow night.
starting on the return trip to Wash
iugton the following morfiing. The troops
have become hardened under the In
tensive, training schedule which has
prevailed at this encampment. and
there is no reason foreseen why they
should not come out Of the maneu-'
vers in excellent shape.
Camp Breaks Saturday.
Brig. Gen. Anton Stephan, command
ing the District of Columbia militia
Will leave Washington shortly, after
the troops and overtake them. He
Evening star., 1922-07-19
671 IN B. c. STABLES.
Despite Advent Of Autos, Quadru-
peds Still Hold Forth.

Automobiles have done quite a bit
toward pushing horses out Of their
jobs. but the District has ST. horses
and mules still eating oats from its
stables, according to the annual re-
port OF District Veterinarian F. w.
sioners .today.S
There was mo outbreak of contagi-
GUS disease among the animals owned
by the District during the period from
JanuaryI to July !, and thirty-six
Evening star., 1922-07-19
U. s. ENGRAvER RETIRED.

William narrower Davis. an en-
graver of the coast and geodetic sur
vey, has been retired at his own re-
quest, having served as engrayer for
the survey since March. 1860, a con-
tinuous service of sixty-two years and
four months.
Mr.. Davis is eighty one years of age.
He lives at the Amhurst. 1864 Column
bia road.
Evening star., 1922-07-19

FREE 4
~ more 26-piece Set of
Silverware q APIECE Set
Dinnerware.
Evening star., 1922-07-19

VIII obDerVe tne mdheuveFt dnus5ro
main~with the troops at Fort Wash
ington tomorrow night.
! The troops were engaged all this
morning in extended order and in
fantry drills. preparatory to the long
march and maneuvers which will be-
gin tomorrow.
urday morning, when the troops will
return to their armorys for disband-
ing. and to again don the civilian
Clothes. Saturday night the conf
nand will give the Anal parade re-
view and band concert Of the en-
campment and a very large crowd Is
expected.
Evening star., 1922-07-19

during that time. Eleven Of the Dis
trict's horses died from natural
causes, while three were destroyedefo to
prevent suffering. when AFFLICTED with
incurable ailments.
Evening star., 1922-07-19
GUARDS TO ATTACK
FORT WASHINGTON ! !
Camp Simms All Agog With!
Preparations for Tactical 2
March Tomorrow.

Fort Washington will be attacked to-
morrow by the l21st Regiment OF Engi-
neers. National Guard of the District Of
Columbia. Theoretical war was de-
clared today, and all the morning the
troops were on edge preparing to carry
out orders issued by Lieut.. Col. r. D.
La Garde, camp commander, to march
on the southern Maryland post and de-
stroy valuable stores there.
Capt. H. H. Pohl, United, States Army.
senior instructor Of the local guard, has
Evening star., 1922-07-19

: Green has always been considered
the emblem of fckieness.
Evening star., 1922-07-19

Guns were used by the English in
the battle of Crecy in 146. -.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-19
EIGHT PERSONS DIE
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
Three Men and Five Women
Killed in Spectacular Ira
gedies Near Chicago.

CHICAGO, oct. 1S.-(By 4. Pr
Eight persons. three men and five
women. were killed today IN three
spectacular automobile accidents on
railroad grade crossings near Chi
cago. At GIenview and Blue Island,
suburbs. fast trains killed four per
sons in automobiles on main high
ways and at Gary, Ind. fast cleo
trio train crashed into a small sedan,
killing two OF the occupants and in
juring a third.
Two high school students, Ber-
nelce Gerdes, 10. Evelyn Griebe'
Is. and Peter Gerdes. I. were
probably fatally injured late to-
day when a train struck the automo-
bile in which they were riding near
DesPlaines.
While scores OF commuters gazed
Mortified and helpless, an unidenu-
fed man and woman, clasped IN each
others arms. were burned 10 death
when the gasoline tank Of a taxicao
exploded after the cab had been
CContinued on Page TwO)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-19
M RS. EMERSON is
GIVEN LIFE TERM
ON MURDER CHARGE
Sentence Follows Guilty Yer
dict in Husbands Murder
Will Appeal.

TOMS RIVER, y. Y, oct. Is
CBy a. PD-NIrs. Ivy Giberson was
found guilty tonight Of the murder
OF her husband, William f. Giberson
in Lakehurst Aug. II and was inn
medlately sentenced 10 life imprisOn-
ment
The jury had deliberated more
than four hours. Mrs Giberson re-
ceived the verdict guilty Of murder
i'm the first degree without emotion
and when sentence was imposed she
kept her calm demeanOr as she had
done throughout the trial
Her son, Joseph Richmond, aud
her brother we're in the court room
when the verdict was given.
Mrs. Giberson later announced her
intention TO carry an appeal from the
verdict to higher courts. She said
she would make the new fight "prin-
cipalIy on the constitutionaIty OF
the search Of my premises and the
seizure OF my property which was
used against me-"
In summing up the case. Asst.
Pros. Atty. A. l. Berry had asked
the jurors not TO be swayed from
their duty by the fact that the de-
PENDANT was a woman. He also de-
clared that Mrs. Ciberson's story of
the killing of her husband by two
robbers While he slept on the couch,
was too fanciful to warrant belief. -
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-19
VICTIM OF JEWEL
ROBBERY DETAINED
Salesman. Robbed of 100000
in Gems, Held by Police
for Questioning.

CHICAGO. oct. 1S.-(By A. P)-
Max Moser. New York jewelry sales
man who reported 20 the police that
he was robbed OF $50 unset diamonds
said 20 be valued at 100000 last
night. was being detained tonight
for further questioning by the pO-
lice.
Moser said that four men accost-
ed him and Charles Morris, a friend
as they entered Morris automobile
20 drive from hotel to the train.
Three OF the men jumped on the
running board Of the car, one of
them taking the wheel OF the car.
The bandit car, driven by one or
their number, parked across the
street followed. Driving into a resi-
Dental sactiOn one OF the bandits took
the pouch containing the stones from
Noser. The robbers then cut the
ignition wires on Morris car, locked
it. took the key and drove away in
the other car, according 10 MOser.
MOser's statement TO the police
was substanuated by Morris Mrs.
Harry Lachman and Miss Betty
Levy. who were with Moser earlier
in the evening. told the police to-
day that they warned Moser that a
touring car was following them a.
they were walking along the street
last night a short time before the
robbery occurred. The women told
he police that the automobile passed
them several times and that they
mentioned the fact 20 Moser but
that nothing further was thought OF
the matter.
Moser said he lives az 562 W.
IsOth ST.. New York, and represents
three New York jewelry firms
Jacob Schoen, 6 Maiden Lane. Louis
Whitelaw. 6S Nassau ST.. and Samuel
Lenkowsky and son, Il Nassau -.
The total loss 30 robberies OF dia-
nond brokers and statesmen in Chi
cage during the last two years
amounts 20 more than 100000,
according 90 police rspoTtA
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-19
CHARGES MONOPOLY
IN WIRELESS FIELD
Omaha Man Asks Injunction
Against General Electric
Co. and Radio Corp.

OMAHA. Neb. oct. 18-(By A.
PA charge that the Radio Cor
porauOn of America. the General
Electric company and others have
entered a conspiracy 10 obtain
monopoly on wireless service and pre-
vent individual use Of the radio. is
made i'm suit filed in L.. S. district
court today by John O. Yeiser. jr..
of Omaha who asks an Injunction 10
enjoin the defendants from 1t fol-
lowing with his right 10 broadcast.
Neiser alleges that there are %
600 wave lengths that may be used
i'm transmitting distinct non-intet-
fering radio services and yet the
said defendants. by conspiring with
unknow underlinEs i'm the depart
meut OF the government assuming
to exercise authority over the radio
service. have crowded all broad
casting stations sending music. lee
lures and educational matters 10
waves Of $50 meters The radio cor
porauOn. General Electric Co. the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Co.. the Northwestern Bell Tele-
phone Co and the Westinghouse
Electric Manufacturing company
and other persons and corporations
unknown 20 Yeiser. he AYERS. In
tend 10 erect distinct sending sta
dons and monopolIze the service"
He says that his station was re-
Gently closed because he was using a
wave Length slightly over $50 me-
ttrs.
a jury TO determine damages.
which he alleges to be $4,000 IS
requested with treble damages IN
der the sherman antitrust law, and
au attorneys fee OF $4,000
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-19
LLOYD GEORGE WILL
DEMAND SHOWDOWN
British Premier Defies Politi-
cal Observation-Disclosures
Viii Meet Today.

LONDON. Oct 1S-(By Il. P)-
LLOYD George is determined 20 have
q showdown ON the challenge OF his
political enemies.
The VII come about iu one OF the
rvo ways:
Z. IN case the Uuionist party.
which meets tomorrow at the call Of
Austen Chamberlain, backs the pre-
miers policies an r decides 90 con-
t.nue 90 support him. Lloyd George
WIZ dissolve p6rliamer, and VII. ap-
peal 20 the country I'm general
election.
q In the event that the un-oulsts
withdraw their support from the
prime minister. he and an the union
ists who back bis policies VIII re-
elgn r. N the government. The king
sv.u then ask some ons else 20 form
a cabinet and a general election VIII
70 held
This VIII leave Lloyd George. who
has held office longer than any OF
the wartime premicrs of Europe
.ompletely out of the political
-chsnas and Will mean his retirement
- BEas~es liz