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The New York herald., 1922-01-15
New Ration for Army Horses.

Efficiency of cavalry has always de-
pended upon the transport Of rations.
NAroIEoN' declaration about an
army's travelling on its belly applies
with equal force to men and horses.
Men, horses and equipment may be
superb, but II rations fail the SER
vice is crippled.
Because OF their weight and bulk
rations for horses have offered more
Of problem for army officers to
solve, especially in forced marches,
than supplies for men. For this rea-
son recent experiments with COM
pressed feed are of interest. Sacked
oats and baled hay have been re-
garded as a perfect ration In normal
times, but in campaigns the need OF
less bulky field ration for horses
has long been felt. The difficulty Of
transporting rations for such cam
paign as that conducted by General
ALrENBY in Palestine may be de-
duced from the fact that 10000 cam
els we're employed for this purpose
and the success OF his operations
against the Turks was dependent
upon the maintenance of the service
at the highest efficiency.
On the other hand, the results OF
the lack of sufficient supply OF for
age are shown by the losses suffered
by the Union forces in the civil war,
which amounted 20 10000 head OF
remounts during the winter OF 1s63-64.
After the close OF the Bocr war the
British acknowledged n loss of $780,
600 head Of hor5es, mules and oxen,
chiefly from starvation. Fully 100,-
900 head OF horses and mules were
purchased in the United States for
the Boer war, going to South Africa
in ships from New Orleans and Cal
weston. There are no figures avail
able of the losses Of horses and mules
during the world war through lack
of forage, but they must have been
large.
The new field ration for cavalry
horses with which experiments are
being made has oats as a basis.
Whole oats are put under a pressure
of $500 pounds TO the square inch,
thereby reducing them to one-nfth OF
their normal bulk. Cane sirup, which
In itself is valuable food for ami
mails, is employed as binder. The
two are mixed while very hot in the
proportion of 81 per cent. Of oats to
13 per cent. OF sirup. The mixture
ia compressed into three pound cakes,
which are wrapped in waterproof
coverings. AS the sirup has been
practically cooked II will not fermcnt
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
SUNDAY. JANUARY Is. 1922.
Doom of the Old Post Office.

All New Workers who have pride
IN the beauty of their city will
appreciate the action of President
HARDTya in instructing Postmaster
General HAYS to proceed immedi-
ately for the removal of the City
Hall post Office building. This is a
good example of the practical meth.
DDS of the Administration.
From the Governments viewpoint
the abandonment of the old post
office is sound business. The build
ing. as an efficient plant for the vast
postal service Of to-day, is archaic
and inadequate. The interior is as
gloomy and uncomfortable as the ex-
terror is ugly and depressing.
The clearing Of the old triangle
between Park Row and Broadway
will restore to New York a corner
which Is really a necessary part Of
City Hall Park. There are many
men and women who remember the
park and its beauty before the post
office came to spoil it. They will
rejoice when the last piece of stone
is carted away and the lover of
architecture who stands in front Of
st. Paul's can view the Georgian
beauty Of the City Hall.
Washington has been slow to pull
down the old eyesorc and restore to
New York the land which, under the
contract, reverts free and clear to
the city. But this positive move on
President HARpING's part is assur-
ance that swift action is at hand.
The New York herald., 1922-01-15

TO THE New YonK HERALD: am
able TO cnllghtcn "X. Y. H." regarding
n poem about Jane McCrca.
The poem "Jane McRea"--thc au-
shor's spelling--written by Henry will
lam Herbert, appeared first in Grahuna's
MagdSino in April. 1s43. There are
twenty-three verses, the seventh OF
which reads as follows:
Fort Edward on the Hudson.
n wns guarded night and day.
by Van vechten and his woodmen--
Right sturdy woodmen they
Fort Edward on tho Hudson.
II Was guarded day and night,
Obi but IN the carly morning
II saw bitter slghtl
The entire poem Is we'll worth read.
ing and closes as below:
And tho littlo fount wells out.
Cold and cloar. beneath It's shade.
Cold and clear, as when beside Il
Feu that young and lovely maid.
These shall witness for the tale,
Beauty. innocence and youth
g How, on that accursed day.
Died in hsplcss Jane McRea.
CHARLES L. WILLIS.
RICHMOND, Va. January IL.
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
Arizona Needs Reading.
Gospel Papers and Books Wanted
for Lonely Settlers.

To THE New YORK HERALD: am
trying to reach some OF the neglected
people of Arizona by sending them old
gospel papers. One family on my mail.
Ing list Is forty miles from the nearest
church or post office. These lonely peo-
pie. deprived OF church privileges, aps
preciate the kindly interest. and onS
never knows the good that IL beinS
accomplished
We have lots Of health seekers here
from all parts Of the United States and
they are always glad OF something to.
read. There are $4,000 Mexicans In Arr
zona, and right here at Goodyear we
have three Mexican camps and we do
what we can by way OF distributing
good Christian literature.
Would readers OF THE NEW Yor,c
HHRALD help to establish library in
one of the desert places of Arizona, ffl
teen miles from Goodyear? Spare us q
volume out OF your library.
r. McMunpo.
GOODYEAR, Ariz.. January 10.
p. 81 am Just a plain missionary
employed by the Presbyterian Home
Mission.
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
MIR. Bakers Handsome Gift to
Columbia.

The gift of 100000 made by
GEORGE F. BAKER to Columbia Uni
ersity to pay for the twenty-six acres
of land on the Hudson River at
21Sth street on which splendid
modern stadium for athletic sports
will be erected assures for this great
educational institution an athletic
equipment adequate to the needs of
its thousands of students and COM
mensurate with the dignity and
beauty of the metropolis which the
schools on Morningside Heights
primarily serve.
Such field. with the structures
required to care for competitors and
spectators, has long been needed by
New York city. Columbia, greatest
OF universities in New York. has been
in respect OF this behind Yale. Har-
ward and the Pacific slope seats Of
learning. Mr.. BAKERS generosity has
made it certain that this want shall
be met.
The site OF the projected stadium
is ideal. With its proximity to the
river water sports too may be easily
adopted, an advantage unusual il
not unique.
Mr.. BAKER is a giver broad of vi
sion and deep of sympathy. He has
helped care for the physical well
being of the students at Cornell Uni
versity with a gift Of S350,0O0 for
dormitories, while providing for their
intellectual training by contributing
81, SOC. 900 for chemical laboratory.
His contributions to the Red Cross
in the war can be fairly described
only as princely: $1,000,000 in 1917
and $1,o00,000 in 1918.
These are but few instances Of
Mr.. BAKERS prodigious and splen-
did benefactions. He is, In truth,
loath to let it be known where and
in what degree he gives to educa-
ton, science and humanity, SO that
no record Of all or perhaps a large
part of his generosities could be pub
lished. But those which are known.
like his two millions in as many
years to the Red Cross and his more
than two and half millions to the
two universities mentioned, show the
measure of the man in what he does
in philanthropy and how he does it.
II even such rich gifts are not
comparable with those OF JOHN d.
ROCKEFELLER, as no mans ever have
been, as probably. no mans ever will
be, they mark him as one OF the
great, outstanding givers Of America
and the world.
The New York herald., 1922-01-15

tion is only a legend in a Texas oil
town in its first boom stage.
Things seem to have moved at an
unusually rapid pace at Mexia. Dis
patches tell of the towns being put
under martial law. This means that
the Texas Rangers will take charge.
and certainly not too soon. The
Governor in proclaiming martial
law in Mexia and its vicinity says
the situation is intolerable. With
gambling places running at full
swing, with dance halls and saloons
busy, life In Mexia could not have
lacked variety. But all this was
changed with the advent Of the
Rangers. The Rangers are handy
with their guns and are not careful
about preliminaries in using them.
and 1t is not surprising to hear that
the undesirables are leaving Mexia
as rapidly as they can get away.
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
Annals Of the Minstrels.
Period Of Song by Tony Pastor
Fixed by Lillian Russell's Debut.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: So much
imagination creeps into the remarks Of
some men who think they know old
New York city that It seems as II moth
ing but the fact that few men live to be
a hundred stops the enthusiasts from
thinking they were present when George
Washington took the oath of Office at
Wall and Nassau streets. New York.
This is evoked by statements concerning
the singing Of "The Old Arm Chair" by
Tony Pastor.
Lillian Russell sang In Tony Pastors
long before she went into comic opera,
and that antedated the singing OF The
Old Arm Chair" Perhaps III. c. re-
to say that was fifty years ago?
Harry Kernoll was a finished Irish
comedian and was generally considered
the better OF the Kernell brothers. AS
q matter of fact. John, the younger.
who was big. husky fellow. was by
far the best story teller OF his time
on tho variety stage. John. who would
probably have opposed prohibition. fire.
quently missed performances. and in
their last years the brothers did not
team together.
Harry was n clever clog dancer and
an exceedingly clever performer on
a snare drum, though he seldom In
cluded the drum feature I'm his act. lie
was married to either Kitty O'Neil or
Lizzie DAILY, both famous dancers Of
their time.
Old Hoss Hoey and his partner.
Evans, were married to the French twin
sisters and this quartet made n success
Of "a, Parlor Match" which. as ono of
your correspondents said, was n failure
when called "The Book Agent"
J. o. RAKE.
LrAer OrANcr N T. January IA
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
Griffith the Practical.

The head of the Provisional Gov
ernment constituted In Ireland yes
terday is not ARTHUR GRIFFITH, and
the reason is plain. GRIFFITH is the
head of the Dali Eireann, or Sim
Fein Parliament, having been elected
It's President last Tuesday after the
defeat of De VALERA. 1t is good poll
tics, in the face of the attitude of
DE VALERA and his followers, for
GRIFFITH to preserve the entity of the
Dai! and remain at its head until the
Irish Free State is a going concern.
There is considerable political diff
ference between the South Ireland
Parliament and the Dali, although
the same group controls both. The
Parliament. under the terms of the
treaty, consists of all the men who
were chosen from Southern Ireland
to the British House of Commons at
the last general election. These in
clude the Sim Fein men and four
Unionist members. The Parliament
is empowered by the treaty to set up
the Provisional Government, but 1t is
provided that EVERY member Of such
Provisional Government shall have
signified in writing his or her ac-
ceptance Of this instrument 1.-THE
treaty1."
The Provisional Government,
therefore. is fairly safe from "bor-
ing from within" So the shrewd
GRIFFITH stays at the head of the
Dali while his chief lieutenants take
up the comparatively secure work OF
the Provisional Government. Such
popular Irishmen as COLLINS, Cos
GRAVE, DUGGAN and O'HIGGINs, who
are in GRIFFITH's Dali Cabinet, are
leaders also in the Provisional Gov
ernment. Here we have the inter-
locking directorate in politics. And,
as a business man would view 1t,
the president Of the old house re-
mains at his post and sends the vice
president to become the head Of the
new corporation which Is to succeed
it, having in mind the possibility OF
a raid on the old company by dis
gruntled directors. When the new
company is running well the old
house will wind up its business.
This is not trickery but sensible
politics. 1t is an evidence Of the
practicality of Arthur GRIFFIrH's
mind. His announcement Of the ar
rangement is perfectly frank and
shows a spirit Of good faith both to
the Irish people and the British
Government. "The Provisional Gov
ernment," he says in explanation.
will now carry out the terms Of the
treaty. The Dali will remain in ex-
istence until these terms are carried
out, after which there will be gem
eral election"
So far as the mechanics OF state
craft is concerned the leaders OF the
Irish Free State are proceeding In q
wise and orderly way. Their meth
DDS should insure them the support
of Southern Ireland.
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
To the synura.

Synura. O Synura!
There is no doubt that you're
Dictator OF our taste to-day.
only tyrant gags It's prey!
You join US I'm our morning bath
And softly oil the towels path.
We find you in the Mocha brown
To help the eggs and bacon down. "a
You film the cleaning kitchen sink,
Where's water but no drop 10 drink
The torturcs that rent Tantalus AZ
Are fauceted on each OF us. 81
Some say you have single cell. 4
why not therein content TO dwell?
why must you leave your kensco,
with all its fresh. untrodden snow, VI
And venture dark and devious ways
To earn exact reverse of praise?
why must little protozoa
Raise moro disturbance than a boa?
Why II the algm cause no harm
Must you exert this fatal charm?
why must you start this dreadful coi
And start a standard new for oil?
Return. return now whence you came
YOU have achieved sufficient fame:
OIL c9c;innbcr. fried FISH and pork
IRE benc and ban OF all New York;
MAURICE MORRIS.
The New York herald., 1922-01-15

hIml He Is good with his hands. Any
good surgeon must be good with hie
hands or. in other words. be possessed
OF manual dexterity.
Going back over fifty years I have
seen tho late DR.. Thomas Sabine at the
old College OF Physicians and Surgeons.
Twcnty-third street and Fourth avenue.
dlslocatc thigh bone and then reduce
tho dislocation. stating that the time
would come when this bloodless opera
tion would be done for both traumatic
and congenital dlslocations by any or
dlnary surgeon. The operation only re-
qures well directed muscular strength
and thorough knowledge of the mus
cular and ligamentous attachments.
ARCH. r. BANNING. M. D..
Miami. 1873.
MOUNT vErHoN, January IL.
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
Tho Cold Dawn.

To what strange. far adventure arc you
gone?
rhev made that smile and closed those
vacant eyes
Lest some one. coming una,nounced.
surprise
Your face. grotesaue and awful In the
dawn
fIs this the end, Just silence and the
cold
A light blown out beneath the sudden
wind)--
I look without and see the stars are
thinnod, ~
The gray moon falters and tho night
IS old.
Life stirs awake TO meet the coming sun,
But here IL desth--to him the day. the
night 'f
Tho sun. the moon. and all tho hours
arc one,
Who. yesterday. was quick with warmth
and light.
Can I believe this stiffness IL the end
or all that thought. that loved. that
lived. my friend?
,t,. ABIGAIL w. CREssoN.
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
The Double Eagle.

Superb. this wide-orbed coin hold in
hand.
Aglow like mellow sun through autumn
woods
Americas doubloon and broad moidore.
Its FURNISHED faces minted with bright
OF Liberty victorious in free robes.
And eagle dying DER tho morning sun.
The great disks weight amazing, on my
palm,
with density and hnencss of the gold ;
Then as balance It on fingertip
And strike its edge with humber silver
coin.
Ringing with plangency Of nawless
truth.
That blends to lifting sweetness. long
sustained.
OF pleading bells heard over evening
wales.
What divers sources filled this golden
we'll?
What toilIng hives built its bright honey
comb?
What distant pEans echo In its chime7-
The graveled beds OF California 6
And layers of her beaches ruby sand.
Sent glittering grains for this refulgent
shield.
Australia winnowed deserts for its
crumbs.
The Klondike, and the Yukon wilderness
Surrendered atoms of the aureate dust.
The wastes Of Colorado's grudging shale
Were forced to yield few reluctant
mites.
From Transvaals 'Tbanked reefs" and
white quartz veins
Flecks of the flashing hoard were wrung
by flame.
Until conlmingled in the smelter's blaze.
The world-end treasure places poured
their gifts
From one alembic. incandescent stream
OF molten glory to the waiting mold,
In temper fitted for the mint's keen
stroke,
That. ere its metal cooled. commissioned
It
Like some ambassador OF proven worth
To bear a mighty nations loyal pledge
OF honor and OF faith to all the
And yet there IS a coin invisible,
OF metal finer than the choicest gold
The souls resplendent token Of Belief -
Agleam with radiance of the spirits
joy;
It's circling edges milled with discipline
OF patience. self-denial and braved
pain;
It's FURNISHED faces glad with liberty
That springs exultant from Gods law
obeyed.
And that great symbol Of the flying bird
That wings from eyriee inaccessible
To carnal thoughts. on azure path hi:
with open vision toward the sun OF
Truth.
It's substance wrung from distant peril.
Gus boards.
Through all the ages of relentless strife
With lust and envy. greed. and murder
GUS hate;
Through desperate warfare with appall'
ing fears,
Where men from deserts and dark mines
of doubt
In triumph brought at last their treas.
ure. glad
Though death itself the price. II they
had won
Scant precious grains and sparkling
dust to add
To that increasing costly store OF Love
That yet shall be coin current Of man.
world.
- ELIOT WHITE.
The New York herald., 1922-01-15

and the ration is expected to keep
in storage indefinitely.
AS horses must have certain
amount Of roughage in order to pre-
serve their health compound al
falfa mixture which is of small bulk
and will keep indefinitely has been
worked out, and when it is used
with the compressed oats the combi-
nation is in theory perfectly bal
anced field ration for cavalry horses.
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
Mexia, Boom Oil Town.

Another Texas town has put itself
on the map. A few months ago very
few persons outside of Texas and
not many in the State had heard of
the name Mexia. and some of those
who knew there was such place
probably supposed it was in Mexico.
But accounts of Mexia's doings occu-
pied considerable space In New York
{ newspapers last week.
( Texas is big and in spite OF the
I towns present fame readers might
( have difficulty in finding it on the
{ map. 1t should therefore be said
Z that II is about 100 miles south Of
Z Dallas, a pleasant city where Texans
( dream OF making their home after
they have amassed fortunes.
So recently as last October Mexia
was a rather sleepy prairie town with
Z a population of about 1900 persons.
To-day It has nearly 10000 inhabi-
tants and is growing so rapidly that
the post office cannot keep up with
Tit. The cause OF this sudden growth
IS the discovery OF oil in the town
and its vicinity.
In this respect 1t but repeats the
story OF breckenridge, the county
seat of Stephens county. Texas, and
the center OF great oil field, which
about two years ago was a quiet farm
ing town of about 1900 population,
and grew in a few months to about
10000. Here hundreds of wells were
sunk and every one produced oil, and
beyond the town as far as the eye
could reach oil derricks rose against
the sky. Breckenridge grew so fast
that it's post Office had to move to
larger quarters three times in one
year and even then was cramped in
its mail facilities.
This experience is being duplicated
Mt Mexia, where il is said there are
now six miles of dcrricks, or rigs,
and families are camping out in tents
until they can build themselves
shacks in which to live. This may
have an unpleasant sound 10 New
Workers in winter. but in Texas IL
is rather pleasant 20 camp out. Texas
knows nothing. or almost nothing,
OF winter-even its northers arc
not very chilly except TO Texans
and when FIRE Is required for cook
ing or heating in the oil fields gas
can be had almost for a song and
sometimes for nothing, at least in
the Breckenridge field.
But in other respects the get rich
quick life in the Texas oil fields is
not altogether pleasant. Naturally
at Mexia, as at Ranger and Brecken
ridge. the sudden inrush of popula
tion. oil prospectors, oil boomers
hard workers, spectators and hi
hackers, as they are called in Texas
has resulted in wide open town
where Kipling might say there
amt no Ten commandments ant
where a man may not only raise
, thirst" but duench IL, momentarily al
" least. with a draft Of redeye or corr
whisky az 80 cents a glass. Prohibi
The New York herald., 1922-01-15

taken no part In IL Whatever anu
that no contributions or expenditures
had been made with his knowledge
or consent. These afidavits were
practically the oaiy public utterances
by Mr. NEwBxsxY on his election
after taking his seat In the Senate
until his speech in his defense be-
fore that body on January 8.
One Of the points which were de-
veloped in the contest was that Mr..
NEwBERRY had begun preparation for
his campaign for election even be-
fore the beginning Of 1918. This
was adduced from the evidence OF
ALLEN A. TEMPLEToN, head Of the De-
troit steel corporation in which he
and Mr.. NEwBEgRY were chief stock
holders. Mr.. NEwBERRY told him In
the winter OF 1878 that number
Of friends had asked him to run
for the Senate and suggested that
his campaign should be business
mans campaign" Mr.. TEsipLEToN
succeeded in getting FRANK w,
BLAIR and several other men promi-
nent in Detroit financial circles to
act on the campaign committee. An
other point was the selection of
PAUL H. KING as the manager Of the
campaign and the assurance given
to him that Mr.. NEwBERRY, his
friends and his associates would
finance the campaign, that "the lid
was of and the sky would be the
limit"
Still another important factor in
this campaign was the assistance
furnished by JOHN S. NEwBERRY,
brother Of the candidate for the
Senate, who, according to evidence
introduced. said that he wished to
finance the campaign, and that he
set no limit upon the amount which
was to be spent. JOHN S. NEwBERRY,
according to statements by several
witnesses. made no inquiry regard
ing the cost of the campaign and
left the actual financing Of the
campaign to FRED P. SMITH of De-
troit. 1t was also affirmed that all
the Informative documents as to the
amounts expended were destroyed
and that B. P. EMERY, who had the
handling Of the funds, went to Can
ada after the primary election.
This was in large measure the
case which was made out against
Mr.. NEwRERRY and to which he made
answer in his speech of defense be-
fore the Senate. In this address he
read a prepared statement. He
pointed out that during the campaign
his duties as Commander in the navy
kept him out of Michigan and that
he was not in the State during that
period. He declared that In the pri-
mary campaign he did not spend "a
single dollar directly or indirectly.
and that with the exception Of a per-
sonal contribution Of s1,500 to the Re-
publican State Central Committee this
is equally true of the general election" I"
In closing his address he said that
he knew Of mo single act, unlawful,
dishonorable or corrupt, which was
committed during that campaign" !"
The Senate voted to retain him as
one of its members by 46 to Al. Mr..
NEwBERRY in his reported statement
considers this "a complete vindica-
tion and exoneration of myself and
all concerned"
But the end is not yet. The
forces of the enemy are gathering
for another attack.
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
RIGHTS OF Pedestrians.

To THE NEW York HERALD: The letter
from r. Keppicr voices my sentiments
regarding "Thoso Who Need Traffic
Cops" Pedestrians are entitled to more
than Is given them under
the present traflc regulations.
JENNY CHnrsrrANsEN.
NEW York, January ~.
The New York herald., 1922-01-15

To TIE NEW YonK HERALD: There
was another ballad Sol Smith Russell
used to sing called my Dads Dinner
Pail" wrote Mr.. Russell in February.
1897. inquring as TO where the music
could be obtained. lie replied that It
was one of Harrigans songs and that
he. Mr.. Russell. sang 1t in 1885 In a
comedy called "Fclix McKusick"
H. L. Fits.
HARTFORD. Conn, January IA