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The New York herald., 1922-08-29

for before 1t can be wiped out. The
Sixth avenue elevated will go In time,
just as the Fulton street structure in
Brooklyn is going, for the reason
that the taxation on the increased
values OF these cleared streets. so
useful for high class retail business,
will repay the city for buying the
line and tearing 1t down.
One feature OF the Mayors state
ment will meet with general appro-
val. It is his confession that the
five cent fare does not exist. The
Mayor names six important sections
OF Brooklyn and declares that per
sons living in these sections are and
always have been compelled to pay
10 cents to reach beyond Park Row,
Manhattan" That Is something which
THE New York HERALD has repeat
edly pointed out: that there was no
such thing in New York city as
genuine five cent fare. 1t was to es-
tablish a uniform fare throughout the
city that the Transit Commission
was established. But Mr.. HYLAS was
elected In 1921 because Of a popular
delusion that there was five cent
fare and that he was It's defender.
His frankness now may dispel that
delusion.
All in all. the Hylan program Is
visionary; and New Workers cannot
ride to work on dreams. It Is VI
sionary because it talks Of flYe cent
fare and then proposes breaking up
of the dual contracts and their one
fare system. 1t Is visionary because
1t proposes spending s600,000,000 out
of the paper profits Of municipal op-
eration-profits that from all expert
ence would never materiaiize.
1t would be much more to the
credit OF the Board of Estimate II
instead of wasting time on an i'm
possible program 1t would cooperate
with the body that Is empowered by
law to carry on the improvement Of
this city's transportation facilities.
The Transit Commission has done
more in the last year to speed up
urban travel than was done in five
years before its time. 1t has, more
over, practical plan for new sub
ways at a possible price. 1t would
be a shame II its efforts should be
foiled by politics.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29


tfcipation by the municipality in the
performances.
OF course Ravinia Park In Chicago
calls to its service singers only a
little below the rank OF the foremost
artists OF the Metropolitan and the
Chicago company; 1t is therefore to
be classified with them artistically
rather than with any of the other
summer organizations. In other cities
during the last summer there have
been performances of operetta and
occasional representations OF opera
Of more serious kind by troupes OF
respectable ability.
Whether 1t was comic opera or
serious opera they sang, these COM
panies are an evidence OF an interest
in music which may after while
so develop as to prove that Amert-
cans are fond OF opera for It's own
sake and not merely for the exploit
tation of few famous stars, usually
of foreign birth and training. There
is much more eloQuence, so far as
musical taste goes, in the success OF
one of these municipal companies
than in the engagement OF the most
expensive company OF foreign singers
that ever went for performance or
two to a town which had to rely on
the liberality OF few of It's citizens
to pay the almost inevitable deficit.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
County Seat War in Kansas.

The village OF Richfield, Morton
county, in the southwestern corner
OF Kansas, calls the attention of the
world to the fact that Elkhart, big.
upstart town on the Oklahoma bor-
der, is trying to deprive 1t OF it's dis
tinction as the seat OF the county
government.
For years Richfield has been forced
to fight for this distinction. The
towns Of Rolla and Wilburton have
sought it, and once in the zoos the
people OF Frisco advanced in mass
upon Richfleld with a wagon to cart
away the court house. The Rich
fielders, armed to man, met the
invaders and denied their demands
so sternly that the Frisco crowd
turned back with their wagon empty.
Frisco never recovered from this
failure and from the fact that It's
people made no fight but retreated
without fatality, scratch, a lump
or a bump" There is no Frisco
to-day, but Richfield still blooms
in the midst Of its sand hills and
short grass as vigilant and pugna-
cious as ever.
Towns in Kansas rose quickly In
the last half century and as quickly
disappeared. The lost towns of the
State, according to an official report,
number more than 500. A score or
more in the Missouri Valley were
eaten up by the river, some lived only
in real estate booms and were blown
away by the winds or buried in
prairie sand storms, and many, such
as Runnymead, died with the passing
OF the peculiar fad to which they
owed their existence. Hundreds of
others were victims OF the bitter
county seat wars which as an insti-
tuition reached their highest develop
ment in Kansas.
In Grant county Cincinnati and
Appomattox we're wiped out before
New Ulysses was finally Established
as the county seat. A dozen men
we're killed, the court house at Chan
tilly was burned and the town itself
moved across the prairles in the
Kearny county war before Lakin
was permitted to enjoy the distinc-
tion OF being the county capital.
The most sanguinary OF these fights
was that between Hugoton and
Woodsdale in Stevens county. In
this warfare every man In the county
went armed and shot men OF the
opposition faction at sight. Colonel
SAM WooDs, the redoubtable leader
OF the Woodsdale faction, and about
fifty persons lost their lives before
the feud was ended.
After It's early struggles Richfleld
remained serene until the Sante Fe
built railway through Morton
county and Elkhart, the southern
terminus Of the line, developed into
bustllng frontier town. Richfleld was
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New Consultations.
From the Saturday RevfeD.


| stand on a ledge of foamy green
Where flowers are pranked In damascene
Down where tho dappling willows lean
I dive to the waters brimming.
All. now the colors round my head
In pointed bars and lightning shed.
A dagger OF blue. a sword OF red.
And fiery fishes swimming
Deeper now TO the caverns OF moss
Like n submarine albatross
Now with winnowing arms toss
Where half lues gather and mingle.
Diaphanous blue and rare Opaque
violets In the twilight shake,
Secret peonies fake on fake
Bleed on the jeweled ehingie.
Topaz and moons opal blaze
Forth tho CLEAN Of altered days.
Glancing emerald wInks and plays
DarlSling like lizard.
Riotous rubIes shift and shine.
Diamond hckers frosted fine.
Amethyst glows like n flask OF wine
Before the lips of wizard.
Music through the dusklight swelis
Peal on peal OF sunken bells
That murmur mid the moan OF shells,
The clank OF blossomy tinkiing.
Exquisite flutes of daffodll made
Hyacinth In this glamourous glade
Ripple along the banks and fade,
Faircr than mans inkling.
The gloam Is nccled with starry fare.
A richer Northern Star Is there,
Casslopea Ia more fair,
More kingly Lord Orion.
Not I shall never again uprise
TO spill the magic from these eyes;
Water now shall be my skies,
Cool sands my bed to lie oni
LOUIS GoLp1No.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
Opera in Summer.

While ANpREAs DPPEr is travelling
from one city OF the middle West to
another with a scheme for establish
ing something like a permanent opera
company in every town capable OF
supporting IL there is simultaneously
developing in various cities taste
for musical performances by local
singers. This is the first evidence that
the smaller American towns may,
like those Of Europe. maintain their
own operatic organizations.
The Municipal Opera Company Of
ST. Louis has just completed another
season so successful that a substan-
tial sum OF money remains in the
treasury with which to finance next
years campaign. It's representations,
given during the summer months, are
confined to high class operettas. They
have the advantage Of beautiful
site In the largest Of the city's parks.
The chorus Is in the main composed
ef local singers, who prepare them
selves during the winter for their
share of the work.
or similar musical material were
the offerings Of the operetta company
that sang this summer with success
in Baltimore, although II made some
what OF speciality Of GILBERT and
suLLvAN's works. There was no par
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
FRANK p. WALSH LOSES
RUSSIAN CROWN GEMS
Dropped Out of Pocket When
Airplane Overturned.

Special Caols TO THE New YonK HuArp.
Copyright, 1879, bv TIE NEW YoxK HrnALp.
New York Herald Bureau.
Berlin. Aug. 70.
One OF the most valuable bracelets IN
tho jewel collection OF the former Rus
sian Empress as well as other Jewels
which he had secured in Russia are
believed to have been lost by Frank II,
Walsh. American lawyer, when the air.
plane in which he was returning from
Moscow crashed at Smolensk.
Mr.. Walsh. who was not injured and
arrived In Berlin to-day. said the acci-
dent was OF no consequence, but Polish
advices state that Walsh bought sonio
former crown jewels from an actress In
Moscow and that when the plane turned
over he lost the package out of an In
side pocket
Mr. Walsh refused 70 comment on the
report that he had proposed a bond
issue to aid hungry Russians or TINT
he obtained Soviet concessions for
American capitalists.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
La Toilette and the Bonus.

Senator ROBERT M. LA TOILETTE Of
Wisconsin has interrupted his can
yass for denomination to rush to
Washington to make speech in sup
port of the $4,000, 100000 bonus raid.
Mr.. LA TOILETTE voted against the
declaration OF war. He opposed al
most every measure which made pos
sible the splendid victories achieved
by patriotic young Americans fight
ing under the Stars and Stripes on
French battlefelds.
In his attitude with respect to the
bonus is Senator LA TOILETTE i'm
proving on his war record for pa
triotism? Is it patriotism to be a
party to adding to our war indebted
ness five billions OF dollars more
for horizontal soldier bonus? Is it
patriotism further to tax the Ameri-
can people to meet this enormous
payment-five thousand millions of
dollars?
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
Penalty of Desertion.
Tho Punishment Of the Train Crews
Who Abandoned Their Posts.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: How
about the trainmen who abandoned those
trains in the Arizona desert7 don't
hcar anything to indicate that they havc
been expelled from or even disciplined
by the unions to which they belong. And
have not heard that they have been
dismissed by the railroads.
To my mind these men deserve terms
in prison for their cowardly act. but as
1t may not be possible to infiict this pun
ishment isn't there enough public senti-
ment to Justify treating them as McGraw
did Shufiin' Phil Douglas-just blacklist
them for life from ever getting similar
job on any railroad in the United States?
think the public has some rights as
we'll as the unions. ID. w. PHELAN.
EAST ORANGE, N. j.. August IS.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
State Police Efficient.
They Do Good Work Where Other
Law Enforcing Agencies Fail.

To THE New YORK HERALD: The citi-
zens OF New York State must be alert
to protect their own interests. otherwise
they run the risk of losing the services
OF the, efficient State police.
No one who observes tho laws has
anything to fear from them. The in
habitants OF rural districts can be de-
pended upon to fight for the State police
to the last ditch. The danger lies in the
chance OF minority misleading an un-
informed or careless voting city popula-
ton.
The State police cannot enter city
until the local authorities have failed to
repress disorder and ask State help. I
was in Boston during the police strike.
1t would never have cost a life or a dol
lar of destroyed property had State
troopers been at hand to take over the
enforcement OF law.
The State police OF New Jersey re-
Gently gavc~material aid In the appre-
hension of thieves who entered my homo
In a rural district. In every other Stats
where tried the State police have be-
come indispensable to the protection Of
the public.
They are the superpolice: they do
not come into the case until local au-
thorities. rural or urban. have tried and
failed. There is no clash OF authority:
they cooperate.
The changing conditions demand more
powerful means OF enforcing the laws
we have always had on the books.
A. w. MILLER.
NEW YORK, August 2S.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
AMUNDSEN AND FLIER
ON ALASKAN MAINLAND
The Maud Returning, but Ex.
Plorer May Fly to Pole.

NOME, Alaska, Aug. 2s tAssociated
Press) Capt. Roald Amundscn's ex-
ploration ship Maud is In tho ice on
Point Hope. north OF Kotzebue Sound
and the eastern entrance to Bering
Strait. according 10 . radio message
received here to-day from the coast-
guard cutter Bear. 1t is believed hero
that the Maud Is returning to Nome
because OF unfavorabie ice conditions.
An earlier message said Amundsen.
who last month transferred to the
schooner Holmes from the Maud is
now at wainwright, 100 miles SOUTH
west of Point Barrow. This message
was sent by Capt. s. C. Cochran OF the
Bear. A4N
Capt Cochran said that Lieut. OsiSar
Omdal. aviator. and a moving picture
photographer were with Amundsen. 1t
is thought here that Amundsen and his
party transferred to the Bear from the
Holmes, and that they may be plans
ming TO start at Wainwright the airplane
fight which the explorer planned over
the Arctic Circle.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29

good enough for the capital OF rail-
less county. but 1t is not good enough.
declared the people of Elkhart. for a
railroad county, especially since It's
nearest station is at least fifteen
miles away. II 1t comes to an cleo
tion on the county seat controversy
the Indications are that Elkhart, with
it's larger population. will get the
most votes.
But Richfield 10 enlisting all It's
friends. Eve are too much alive to
die and win fight to the last" it's
citizens declare. A compromise is
suggested. but that is not the way OF
the Sunfiower State in such dispute.
History and tradition show that Kan
sas stands by the survivor.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
Massachusetts investigator ha

A Massachusetts, investigator has
decided that by making a cheap
kimono last I'VE years and being cor
respondingly careful Of other articles
of clothing a working girl should be
able 20 support herself on 50 week."
1t does not seem credible. and even II
it is true what girl, working or not
working, wants to make a cheap
kimono last five years. and what sem
sible person wants to see any girl
forced to live under the conditions this
triumph of economy suggests?
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
EVENTS TO-DAY.

American Nurnismatio Association. con-
vention, business session at American Fine
Arts Society. p. N: trip to Coney Island,
z, N. dinner, Hotel shelburne. Brighton
Beach, $50 p. NJ.
New York and New Jsrsey Tunnel Com,
missions. meeting. Hall OF Records. 4;3d
+. NJ.
Bookbinders Association. luncheon. Hotel
Pennsylvania. p. NJ.
Pet Dealers Association meeting. Hotal
Pennsylvania. 8 p. NJ.
Former Gov. Smith is TO speak at din,
ner to celebrate tho formal opening OF the
second Avenue Baths, Second avenue and
First street, p. M.
Synod of the Anglican Church of the West
indies. meeting. Episcopal Church Mission
House. PSI Fourth avenue.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
The Van.

I do not pray the gods of luck
For gold and jewels rare,
Nor rich brocades and velvets gay,
Nor furs queen might wear;
Nor palace walls of marble white
In spacious gardens set
Where wood doves COO all day around
A fountains crystal jet.
But give to me a little car
Just like a gypsy van.
Some extra tires. coffee pot.
A quilt and frying pan.
A road map and a monkey wrench.
And let 1t rain or shine
And I'll be satisfied. for 10
The world will all be mine.
MINNA IRVING.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29

the broadfaced sunnower and tho holly
hook. Surely flowers speak to the peo-
pie. So flowers continue to instruct and
please.
No one should ever cultivate a gar
den without having those flowers which
still retain the oldfashioned names. both
for their sake and the sake OF the old
fashioned folks of many years ago
who used to love them because they
preached to them; and they also preach
to US IL we will only spare the time to
listen to them.
GEORGE WILSON JENNINGS.
BROOKLYN, August 2S.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
Mr.. Coolidge Opens Graphic Arts Show
Says Press May Exert Great Power in Improving
Industrial Conditions

and Sir George Sutton on one side. and
Lady Northcliffe on the other. made a
fruitless effort to find a common
ground last week, whereupon recourse
to the courts was taken.
Interest continues TO center on the fu-
ture ownership of the Ttmes. Although
there are many bidders In the field
II seems probable that Lord Rother-
mere. eldest brother of Lord North
cliffe. win succeed in securing, control,
as efforts are being made to keep the
property in the family
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
BoIshevist Children.

Madame EMILE VERNAUx, for
many years a teacher of the French
language In Russian schools both
prior to and during the Bolshevist
administration. has returned to
France and in recent number Of
the Revuc des Denp Mondes relates
her experience in schools of the
Lenine-Trotzky regime. A large part
OF the article is deyoted to the moral
training Of the younger Russian gen.
Grafton as she observed 1t.
AS to discipline, the system is beau
tiful In its simplicity. There is no
discipline. Throwing bricks at the
heads of teachers is a standard diver
sion OF pupils. Madame VERNAUx re-
lates an experience Of her own when
a merry schoolboy SHE'D a brick at
her as she was teaching her class.
The boys aim was defective, for one
brick did not hit her; 1t only whizzed
close by her head. All the school
boys from years old and upward
carried daggers in sheaths at their
belts and were armed with blank car
fridge revolvers with which they en-
livened the tedium of school life by
keeping up practically continuous
fusillade.
The class in theoretical and applied
arson is proficient. AS an illustra-
tion Madame VERNAUx tells of an
attempt on the part of pupils in this
branch to destroy dormitory and
incidentally perhaps to roast or
smother to death a large number OF
their fellow students. After pre-
liminary raid in which number Of
mattresses were secured and packed
around doorways, kerosene was APP
piled and then the whole set on fire.
Heroic efforts on the part of the girls
sleeping in the dormitory saved the
building and their own lives. But
sleep in the dormitory was for sew
eral nights impossible.
If there is one thing the Bolshevist
administration Is determined upon 1t
Is that the proletariat shall have free,
equal and unlimited opportunity in
the artistic side OF life. To that end
something like a hundred pianos
were stolen from private owners and
assembled in the buildings which
composed the old Seminary of Saint
Isidore. These pianos added greatly
to the exhilaration of scholastic life.
1t was a continuous din OF furiously
beaten pianos with an accompani-
ment of whoops, howls and drumflre
of blank cartridge revolvers. BY pref
erence the students in this Bolshe-
visit conservatory of jazz played the,
pianos with their feet, either sitting
on the top of the instrument and
stamping the keys or tramping up
and down on them.
The principle of equality was not
confined to the schoolroom. 1t was
carried into the family circle. Ma
dame VERNAUx relates that a little
girl said to her mother:
MARY, hand me my boots, and be
quick about it." And when the
mother protested the child retorted:
Papa calls you MARY and have the
right to do the same. We are all
equal. Now hand me my boots, i tell
you"
OF such is the younger generation
of the Russia Of to-day.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Fair ana
armer to-day; tomorrow partly cloudy
with moderate temperature: gentle.
variable winds. becoming moderate
southeriy; fair and warmer to-day; to.
morrow fair.
to-day; tomorrow fair; gentle south
and southwest winds.
For Northern New Engiand-Uoudy
to-day. possibly local rains; Tomorrow
fair; moderate temperature: gentle to
moderate variable winds.
For Southern New Engiand--Fair and
slightly warmer to-day tomorrow part
ly cloudy; moderate temperature; gentle
to moderate variable winds.
For Western New York--Cioudy and
unsettled to-day; tomorrow fair > mod-
crate temperature; gentle 20 moderate
variable winds.
wAsHrNoToN. Aug. aS.-There have
been rains within tho last twenty-four
hours In the north Atlantic States. on
the middle Atlantic coast and at scat
tered points In the upper lake region,
Iowa, and the western plateau and
Rocky Mountain regions. The ten1pera-
ture has risen during tho last twenty
four hours over the southern portion Of
the region Of the great lakes, the Ohio
anu central MISSISSIPPI Naiieys ana the
southern plains States. and 1t has fallen
in the Northwest.
The pressure distribution IS Indicative
OF generally fair weather tomorrow
and Wednesday In the Eastern and
Southern States, except that unsettled
showery weather is likely In the north-
ern border from Lake Erie eastward.
The temperature will rise generally east
Of the Mississippi River tomorrow.
Observations at United States Weather
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
rlrb. where Cashier wa. tho Loser.
Eron fhr OkInhnn1nn.

From the Okldhomdr.
Frcnzied stories OF mnddencd mon fighting
for chance TO pay enormous sums 20 Wit
ness prize fight we're laid In tho shade at
Asher when Cashier Bill Measles OF the
Canadian Valley bank spent Ss75 TO SEQ two
country boys try their luck In fistic on
counter. The cashier. noticing a rough and
tumble battle being staged in front Of his
bank. stepped TO the door to see the fray
While he was there sneak thief entered
tho building. took the money near tho tcller's
window and disappeared.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
Relies in westcbe,ter.

From tho North Castle Sun.
While digging trench ON the ground OF
NJ. N. Gerhard OF Castle Heights. North
white Plains. John Wallace unearthed a
bayonet that must have been hidden there
since Revolution days. What IS now called
Castle Heights was a rendezvous OF tho
Yankee soldiers whom pursued by the British
army during the battle OF White Plains.
While the American soldiers we're campod
there they suffered considerably and the place
has since been known az Mount Misery.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29

A few days ago bees were reported
as a cause OF automobile accidents.
Now f1les have been holding up fast
trains in France. Pretty soon midges
Will be knocking the earth off its
axis.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29

It is hardly worth the cost. but the
coal situation may at least result in
making New Yorlsers realize that nor
mally the air they breathe is remarka-
bly, clear and pure for so great a city.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
pAPAL AUDIENCES POSTPONED.

ROME, Aug. 2s.--The suspension OF
Papal audiences will be prolonged untn
the floor In tho Consistorial Hall and the
first antechambor OF the Papal apart
mcnt, which Is used for audiences. has
been repaired. Although suffering from
the heat the health of Pope Plus has
been little affected and he is still able
10 do a tremendous amount OF work.
The New York herald., 1922-08-29
From HolIers 20 rnin.

YnmdcruD correspondence ~ MoCredry
County tRD.l Record.
Sam Pain now owns thu show here that
Roy Holers did own.