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The New York herald., 1922-03-04

are 20 be seen stretched from chin.
ney to chimney, and in many cases
from house to house across public
streets.
1t is obvious that the presence of
these copper wires. most Of them in
stalled by amateurs and many OF
them by persons unaccustomed to
wiring, involves danger to life and
property. F'iremen alone know in
full measure the menace of wires
promiscuously strung and likely in
case Of blaze to become charged
with deadly currents of electricity.
Stricter regulation of radio wiring,
indoors and outdoors, by States or
their political subdivisions is clearly
to be looked for in the near future.
Radio provides SO much entertain
ment and pleasure to so many per-
sons, young and old, that its develop
ment must be encouraged in every
way, and one of the ways to encour-
age that growth is to protect the art
from abuse by reckless or ignorant
persons
The New York herald., 1922-03-04
Two Killed a Day, as Usual.

There were only twenty-eight days
in last month, but the motor vehicles
killed fifty-five persons in the streets
of this city. This was practically
two victims day. although February
usually is a light month in street
casualties, thanks to its brevity, its
holidays and it's snow.
1t has been the custom to blame
the trucks for much of the killing.
Last month the trucks ran over only
fourteen of the fifty-five. The drivers
of cars are as incompetent and reck-
less as the truckmen.
This public slaughter of two human
beings a day is horrible in it's very
monotony. The police, even with
every individual policeman seeming
to do his best, have failed to stop or
even decrease the killings. Incom.
petent, reckless or drunken drivers
deficient machines, improper zoning
of the trafflc-these are some of the
reasons why New York sacrifices two
victims day to speed.
Until the State sets up a motor
vehicle department to grapple with
he problem there is no hope that
conditions will improve.
The New York herald., 1922-03-04
Agassiz's Three Dreams.

Thomas r. Hdines IN Mental Hygiene.
When Agassiz was at work In Paris on a
particularly battling fragment OF fossil fish
he dreamed one night that he saw the COM
pleted form. On waking he could not get
Il. Further. on going next day TO the
specimen In the Jardin des p1antes, he could
not get II. Next night he had the same
vision. but Il eiuded his waking conscious
ness. The third night he determined TO
catch II, and so laid pencil md paper on n
table beside his bed. The vision came again
and, still half dreaming. he sketched Il in
the dark. In The light of The morning he
was much surprised at many details of the
rough sketch. He thought they could not
possibly be true OF the specimen. But on
repairing TO the specimen and chiseiina
away the rock In places where the sketch
showed parts he had not seen, he actually
found the parts as in his dream sketch.
This Is related here to show again how the
prefiguring OF the imagination brings In
data and builds the plan upon which they
are organized.
The New York herald., 1922-03-04
SOPRANO PLEASES IN SONGS.
Miss Edith Bennett Has Successful
Debut Recital.

Miss Edith Bennett, a young soprano
from Concord. N. H., gave her first
song recital here last evening in Aeolian
Hail. According to announcement Miss
Bennett, who has been heard outside of
New York, is a graduate of Smith Col
lege. and the first vocalist from her
alma mater ito acquire fame as n
singer Her program had some selec-
TONS outside the stereotyped lines 1t
began with an interesting aria from
Puccinfs "Alessandro Nell Indie" and
then included among the other numbers
Cilea's air "Poveri Fiori." from the opera
Adrienne Lecouvreur." Mascagnis
"M'ama-Non Mama" four 'Rispettr'
by Wolf-Ferrari and the songs Sudden
Light of Loeffler. Rebecca Clarke's
shy One and May Morning." by
Charles Fonteyn Manney.
Miss Bennett passed through the or
deal of her debut here with much sue
cess She has a voice of admirab Bile
quality. range and power, and she sang
with technical skill. She showed train
ing in matters of style, and her diction
was clear. She has some things to
learn in the niceties of tone color. espe-
cially In her fortes. where now her
voice easily becomes a little harsh and
uneven In quality. Her intelligence was
noteworthy. While she will doubtless
acquire more general finesse In her
delivery, she is already a singer who
gives much pleasure. She had a DEM
onstrative audience.
The New York herald., 1922-03-04
At Interpines.

At Interpines they say the spring
Comes up the green ways laughingly
With golden footsteps; you hear sing
A choir of warblers in each tree
Chords that are rich and ravishing.
Bird. bough and breeze in harmony.
So many violcts are there
You cannot count them, and the frail
Hepaticas are countless too
The bloodroot shows Its chalice pale.
The wind flower glistens. starry fair,
The wild phlox brins with honey
dew.
can imagine how the hills
Are yelled in amber mists. and seem
Like the enchanted Hills Of Dream.
And how the fragrant days, expire
In colors like blown daffodils.
Or vivid floods of orange fire.
So would bid the spring make haste
Lest should somehow miss its thrall
OF song and flower and climbing
vines.
And vivify the barren waste,
And pave with bright mosaics all
The aisles and paths of Interpines.
CLINTON ScoLLARD.
The New York herald., 1922-03-04

Association OF City Hall Reporters. dinner
Hotel Astor, Z p. NJ
Reception and dinner In honor Of Il. Phil
lips Oppenheim, Lotos Club, ITO West FIFTY
seventh street, p. M.
L. F.. Loree and Eugene Meyer, Jr.. VIII
discuss 1.-The Railroad Problem at a luncn-
con- National Republican Club, 81 West For
tieth street, ! Z. M.
Foreign Policy Association. luncheon. Hotel
Astor, ~ 40 =. M
Federation OF Institutions Caring for Prot
estant Children. luncheon. Hotel McAipih'
l p. NJ.
Association of Assistants to Principals,
luncheon Waldorf-Astorla, 80 +. Nj.
Metropolitan Association of Employment
Agents, dinner, Cafe boulevard, 1;5o L. M
Intercollegiate Glee Club contest, Carnegie
Vail. s:15 p. NJ.
Single tax forum. POI West Thirteenth
street, S:15 p. NJ.
Representative Ogden l.. Mills will lecture
on Congress at Work" Town Hall, f23 West
Forty-third street. II A. M.
Walter Pach will lecture on Georges oeu.
rat" Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. M
DR. Ernest II. Gruening will speak on Our
Occupation OF Haiti and Santo Domingo,
auspices New York Camaraderie. Civic CUB
II West Twelfth street. I; 80 T. M
Maine women, meeting. Waldorf-Astoria
p. NJ.
Alumne of Hunter College. luncheon. Hotel
McAlpin. r. M.
School, dinner Hotel Commodore. I: 80 r. NJ
Canadian Club dinner. Hotel Biltmore.
p. NJ.
Brooklyn Automobile Show. Twenty-thlrc
Regiment Armory, Bedford and Atlantic ave-
l1les opening, T.. NJ.
The New York herald., 1922-03-04
The Mystery of the Cyclops.

Four years ago to-day the United
States naval collier Cyclops, home
ward bound from South America
sailed from Barbados for an Allan
tic port. Since she left the West In
dian harbor not word has been
heard about her or about the 800
human beings who were on board
as passengers or in her crew.
The fate of the Cyclops is the
most battling of marine mysteries
She was a modern ship, we'll built
well found. She was equipped with
wireless. Yet she disappeared, leav'
ing behind no drifting boat, no raft
no splinter of wrecKage, no life belt
to suggest where or how the great
vessel went down or what caused her
loss. The United States Government
through the State Department and
the Navy Department has combed
the Caribbean time and again for
information concerning the ship; not
a word Of enlightenment has it been
able to get.
AS long as war lasted hope was
cherished that the Cyclops had been
captured by the enemy. Reports that
she had been seized by Germans
were circulated. She was said to be
the mother ship of submarines op
Grating off the Atlantic coast. She
was reported to have been grounded
on a remote, uninhabited key, ia
have been taken into Kiel Canal, to
have steamed into the south Allan
tic. When peace came the Germans
denied knowledge of her. They could
not lift the veil which hides her fate.
That a splendid, sound steamship
sailing narrow. traffic ridden waters
bordered by many inhabited islands
could disappear utterly, could van.
ish without leaving behind her a
trace in the form of single re-
corded wireless call for help bot.
tie containing a message of despair
or even a wrenched of hatch mutely
TO testify to the spot on which dis
aster overlook her strains credulity
to believe. A writer of fiction would
hesitate to put on paper such a
catastrophe. Yet in fact this astound
ing thing occurred four years ago
to-day.
The New York herald., 1922-03-04
Problems Of Radio.

1t is estimated by the United States
Department of Commerce that there
are 100000 radio telephone receiving
sets in use in the United States to-
day. Other estimates put the num-
ber at 100000. A year ago there
were not more than $4,000 OF these
sets. There are broadcasting sta.
tions. Government, commercial and
amateur, in operation in all sections
of the country.
This growth in the use OF radio
telephony has been so rapid that it
has developed many new and intri-
cate problems. Some of these, relat-
ing to wave lengths to be assigned
to sending stations, hours in which
the ether may be used by amateurs
and the like, are under consideration
at the Radio Conference in Wash
ington, at which Secretary HOOVER
has constituted himself the small
boys champion and intends to pro-
tect the interests of young America
which in mass has devotedly and in
telligently followed the development
of wireless communication.
1t is possible to avoid interference
among the ether waves by adopting
different lengths for different classes
of sending stations. This may be
effected by licensing sending sta.
tions and enforcing restrictions TO
wave lengths provided in the licenses
This Is reasonably simple. In issu.
ing licenses one thing must be borne
in mind. amateurs are important
contributors to radio progress. and
their privileges should not be unduly
curtailed. Amateurs with relatively
low powered sending apparatus have
recently succeeded in sending signals
to Scotland. Their success in this
may lead to improvements greatly
reducing the cost of commercial and
Government radio installations.
But rights and privileges in the
air do not include all the problems
resulting from the popularity OF
radio sending and receiving. Each
receiving set requires an aerial. q
copper wire which for best results
should be about 100 feet long and
suspended in straight line from
proper insulators. Aerials are a
common sight in every suburban and
rural community where a good many
Of them are stretched from house
roof to telegraph. telephone or cleo
trio power limo poles. Tn citiess they
The New York herald., 1922-03-04

Rey Del Rey were all good perform
ers, and the first three name1 were
first class. Others OF her children
born in the foothills of Nevada won
distinction on the race courses OF the
North American continent. Still an
other great thoroughbred mare was
Maggie B. b., which produced among
others the English Derby winner
Iroquois.
In the ranks OF the trotters the
same condition OF uncertainty IL
found, though this breed also fur.
nishes numerous instances Of mares
whose sons and daughters have been
successful performers on the turf ard
have distinguished themselves in
later years in the stud. Among these
mares are Beautiful Bells, by The
Moor; Nervolo Belle, by Nervolo,
2:04A; The Gaiety Girl, 2.15A, by
Red Wilkes; Emily Ellen. 2.09A, by
Bow Bells, 2:19A. and Miss Bertha
c., 2:1OA, by Baronmore, 2.14A.
Despite all this, as a general propo-
sition the man who buys full broth
ers and sisters or close relatives to
big winners is likely to find little con-
ISOLATION in the contemplation of his
bank book at the close of the year
unless they possess individual quail
tiles A noted authority on horse
breeding once said The individual
Is greater than the family" While
this holds true there are experts i'll
| breeding who have achieved results
by taking the best specimens in the
female line of the near relations OF
good horses, regardless Of racing per-
formances, and sending them to the
stud. 1t was the blood they were
after. A famous English authority
once remarked that he would rather
breed to a sister of the Oaks winner
than to the winner herself.
This tends to the belief that the
merit which may be dormant for
generation in a family of horses will
if the blood is there assert itself to
the end.
The New York herald., 1922-03-04
The Telephones Father.

The Fates decreed that America 8
most popular inventors should be
born only twenty days apart. Mr..
EDISON was rs years old on February
II: ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL started
yesterday on the fourth quarter of
his century.
Mr.. EDISON gave US the motion pic
ture, but without Mr.. BELLS tele-
phone how could devotees Of the
screen make engagements to spend
the evening with Mr.. CHAPLIN's S
shadow? Mr.. EDISON invented the
phonograph, but it is necessary to
use Mr.. BELLS telephone to invite
friends to come and dance to the
strains of jazz. Mr.. EDISON is the
father of the incandescent lamp, but
there is no getting bulbs in hurry
without Mr.. BELLS telephone.
Great as is the speed of Mr.. Ford
and his colleagues in the automobile
business, Mr.. BELL is still ahead of
them. There are two million motor
cars in the United States, but there
are thirteen million telephones, bear
ing BELLS name, with which to order
gas and tires. We are a nation OF
telephone fiends. In big towns the
telephone book has supplanted the
city directory. New York has nearly
a million telephones.
Mr.. BELL invented the telephone
when he was 2S. Like Mr.. EDISON
he could have fled long since to the
luxury of golf and steam yachts.
But, like Mr.. EDISON, he has a habit
of working until or o'clock in the
in hurry, he's always busy. That
is why he is rs and happy.
The New York herald., 1922-03-04
Riverside Drive Suffers.
Electricity Instead Of Steam Would
Mitigate a Nuisance.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Why does
New York allow the finest and most
beautiful part OF the city to be little
better than O railway station? Millions
of dollars nave been spent in beautify-
ing this wonderful Riverside Drive
perhaps the most beautiful drive In the
world-and yet this outrage remains.
Why cannot we have electricity in
stead OF steam to move those freight
trains: in Park avenue steam has long
been banished. Here on Riverside Drive
with its thousands of residents these
steam freight trains go up and down
continuously, putting. screeching. shunt-
ing and shifting their cars and sending
ur. clouds of smoke into every open win
dow. to the discomfort OF all who are
seeking fresh air. and damaging the fur
riture and draperies of costly homes.
1t Is an abomination, unwarrantable
and not to be tolerated by a great,
wealthy city like New York, Some day
the railway must be put under the sur
face, but It would be enough for to-day
IL electricity replaced steam.
ONE OF THE SUFFERERS.
NEW YoRK, March 3.
The New York herald., 1922-03-04
Puss on the Job.
In Fifteen Years Her Vigilance Has
Saved Her Master $500.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: have
been the proprietor Of a stock farm
for more than thirty years MY barn
has been stocked with hay and grain
during that time. / have kept two or
more cats in the barn continually and
have had practically no rats or mice.
But for the cats the premises would
have been overrun with the rodents.
There is saying among horsemen that
one good cat in barn is worth bag
Of oats a week. ! have one female
Maltese cat who has been in the barn
for fifteen years and who is still on her
1ob, as good as ever. According to that
saying this cat has been worth to me
some $500 during the last fifteen years,
calling oats 81 bag. A. w. LANINE
CHESHIRE, Conn, March 3.
The New York herald., 1922-03-04
A Myth, Says Ben Lily.
New Mexico's Mighty Hunter Never
Heard n Mountain Lion Scream.

To THE NEW York HERALD: Your
recent editorial article In reference "a
the mountain lion was decidedly inter-
esting reading. w. w. Davies OF Colo
rado is no doubt wonderful lion killer
Ut here in New Mexico we have our
own champion in Ben Lily, who hunts
at times for Uncle Sam, but who for
the greater part OF the time Is ON his
own" being no great lover of govern
mental red tape in the matter of lion
Staying.
During the last few years Mr.. Lily
has taken scores of lions in New Mexico
and Arizona. What he does not know
about mountain lions is not worth know
ing. He has said positively to me time
and again that the so-called scream OF
the mountain lion is myth and the
invention of swivel chair authors. who
would not know mountain lion from
weevil In biscuit.
I myself have spent about twenty
years off and on in COW camps, mining
camps, forest rangers cabins and trap
pers' shacks in the heart of the noun
tain lion country and have never yet run
across n man WHO LAS HCdAd Tic SCTtdiI
OF a mountain lion nor have ] myself
heard IT,
1t is true. as you say, that the noun
tain lion is notorious killer of game
and live stock. He does not, however
do much damage to range cattle in this
part of the country, but he is death to
colts, and in a lion infested region II
Is almost impossible to raise range
horses.
Years ago in the Datil Mountains in
this State we used to round up range
horses and bell every colt we could get
I. rope upon. AS the mountain lion
almost invariably tries for a throat hold
the belled colts were generally spared
as the lion was afraid or suspicious OF
the sound Of the bell. When 1t comes
to deer, it is my opinion that two deer
d week would be a more accurate esti-
mate OF the number destroyed by lions
The greatest loss in range cattle is due
to wolves and coyotes, and the mountain
lion is not much of factor in the de-
struction of this class of stock
FREDERIc WINN.
SILVER CITY. N. M. February 81.
The New York herald., 1922-03-04
LLOYD GEORGE PRAISED
IN GERMAN REICHSTAG
Regarded as One Hope for
Easing of Reparations.

BERLIN, March 3 ASSOCIATED Press).
Hope that the present political crisis
in England would not cause the disap-
pearance Of Lloyd George as Premier
was expressed by Paul Loebe. President
Of the Reichstag. II should regret such
an event extremely" he declared.
Then. aluding to the Genoa confer
ence. which he said had already been
hampered by the italian crisis. Herr
Loebe described Lloyd George as the
strongest moving spirit among the
Entente statesmen''--a man who realizes
Europe cannot be rehabilitated until the
German reparations question Is placed
on a different basis,
Mr.. Lloyd George Is statesman who
most energetically advocates the CO.
operation of nations in economic ques-
tlons." he added. II hope he will sue
ceed In the work he began with such
clearsighted intentions"
The New York herald., 1922-03-04

acter he hasn't one chance in one hun
dred of remaining on that jury. Either
Plaintiffs or defendants counsel will
excuse juror No. g." no matter how
positive may be that jurors statement
that his experience has left him un-
biased and with an open mind to weigh
the evidence presented.
The ideal Juror in q contract case
would seem to be one who had never
made contract and who probably would
not recognize one on sight or compre-
hend 1t upon scrutiny.
The Intelligent business man." who
has recently come in for considerable
censure from bench and press for evad-
ing jury duty. has almost invariably.
either as an Individual or as an officer
of a corporation. been concerned In ac-
tons for personal injury and for breach
of contract. And they will not let him
serve.
He simply wastea his time sitting In
the courtroom for an hour or two each
morning. when he is excused until early
afternoon, wastes another hour or two
without serving on jury and is ex.
cused until next morning. His day Is
taken from his business and he has ren.
dered no service to the State.
Is 1t strange that he should seek tc
evade repetitions Of such experience?
If. added to this. there is the possibil-
ity that when he has succeeded in serv.
ms on jury and has returned yer.
dict he may be subjected to public
judicial censure. is 1t remarkable that
he becomes coy and hard to land as q
talesman? CHARLES AUSTIN Bates.
NBw YORK, March 3.
The New York herald., 1922-03-04
Jury Duty.
Experiences Which Make Business
Men DisincIIned to Serve.

To THE New YORK HERALD: When
jury1nan has been accepted by coun-
sci for both sides of the case he takes
an oath which In effect is a promise to
'let his conscience be his guide" in
weighing the evidence to be presented.
After the evidence has been heard
and the oratory OF opposing counsel has
been expended the court charges the
Jury. The charge usually is impressive
and increases respect for our judicial
system.
The jury is told that It is the sole
Judge Of the facts and that the burden
OF proof is on the State or the plaintiff !;
that unless the jury by "preponderance
OF evidence" Is convinced beyond rea-
sonable doubt" the verdict must be for
the defendant. The court explains that
.'preponderance of evidence" does not
mean a greater number Of witnesses,
but only such evidence as the jury be-
lieves to be true. The jury is told that
IL II believes any part OF witness's
testimony to be false 1t may completely
disregard the entire testimony OF that
witness The Jury, and the jury alone,
IL the Judge of the credibility OF all
testimony.
After such a charge how can II be
within the province of the court to cen
sure the Jury for bringing in a verdict
contrary TO the courts conception of the
facts or OF the preponderance of evi-
dence? What right has the court to
tell the Jury it should have believed the
~ Nj
OF another? II the court Is to Interpret
not only the law but the facts the jury
is without function and the jury sys-
tenn is a farce.
Judicial censure OF a Jury for doing
it, sworn duty must add to the general
distaste for jury service and make IL
more difficult to secure what is desig-
mated as "a more intelligent class OF
iurymen. As a matter OF fact. II Is
difficult for a presumably intelligent
man, Of fairly broad business expert
ence, to stay on jury after he is called
to the box.
Being strong for intelligence in jury
men IL is my habit to do what ! may
in that direction by serving an aver
age Of once each two years In The state
or city courts, and for a number of
years I have added service on the Fed
eral Grand Jury.
Nearly all the cases in which | have
been drawn as a juryman in the State
supreme Court fall into one Of two clas-
sifications 4. claims for damages by
reason of personal injury-negligence
cases; 2, actions for damages arising
out OF breaches of contracts--contract
cases.
II juryman has ever sued or been
sueN In actions OF sirniiar gonerai char
The New York herald., 1922-03-04

cows were fed in much the same way
as horses, equal amounts of grain and
roughage being given TO each, but the
modern school of agriculture has
taught the importance of feeding ac-
cording to weight. There is not an
up to date dairyman who does not
follow this practice.
Only grade animals we're employed
in the tests, and mature cows were
used. 1t was found that the 160 small
cows experimental with gave an av-
erage yield Of 243 pounds of butter
fat year, resulting in net income
of S77.39 each over the cost of feed.
Cows Of medium size to the number
of POI yielded an average of 2S9
pounds of butter fat and an income
over feed cost of sSS.91. Large cows
to the number of 129 head showed
their superiority, with a net yield of
345 pounds of butter fat each and a
profit over feed cost of S105.74.
The average in favor of the large
COW was even greater in another
group experimental with, so that
there seems to be economy in the
heavier type Of grade milking cows,
though for family use smaller pure
breds, with diminished milk supply
but with rich butter fat content,
remain high in favor.
1t would increase the interest in
tests of this kind if some informa-
tion about the breeding of the cattle
were furnished.