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The New York herald., 1922-05-28

the case now STANDS, Tor, as 1t is
hardly possible that every one of
the letters which have been sent to
you 1.-TWO by myself and one by our
pcstmaster) miscarried, and as l
have not heard a word from you, so
It is probable that you have received
them all, the money with them, and
no thanks to me for it. The editor
Of the Philadelphia Saturday Post,
speaking of plagiarisms (another
kind Of swindling) says ''Mr. Poe,
late of the Broadtoay Journar so
by this l suppose you are not con-
nected with the paper now. Well,
am going to receive my money
back, or anything in recompense?
o.. /. Something l demand of you,
sir, for those three dollars Of mine
in your possession. something in
the same coin-that is, cash-or
something in the shape of litera-
ture, or something in the shape of
a notification to me that you are
poor devil, and that you beg the
money from me to keep you from
distress = and that something,
whichever it is, with tolerable
speediness."
d OE in his leanto in the outskirts
L of Philadelphia, Poe in his
boarding house in Greenwich street,
New York; Poe in Greenwich Viii
lage; Poe being bounded by his
creditors of Broadway; Poe in his
Fordham cottage with his dying
wife, Virginia, shivering for the
want of coverlet; Poe finding his
own death in mysterious way in
Baltimore-these are pathetic as
poets of a tragic and gloomy life
But the uttermost depth of his
degradation is plumbed in these let
ters He swallowed what the mis-
cradle Eveleth wrote to him, and
continued the correspondence.
T Asst Weekday 81, to be exact
IL there was another minor lit
erary centenary, that of Erckmann,
the senior partner in the collabo-
ration Erckmann-Chatria which
was responsible for many novels
and many plays, the best known of
them to American readers and play
goers being lie Juif Polonais, -
more familiarly "The Bells" of Sir
Henry Irving's acting. With the
exception of "The Bells" the popu
larity of Erckmann-C -Chatrian seems
to have passed, although there was
a time during the great war when
an attempt was made to revive in
terest in translations OF such books
as "The Conscript," ''Brigadier
Frederick" and "The Blockade of
Phalsburg" They were tales of
Alsace and of war, and both war
and Alsace were very conspicuous
in the mind of the world. But the
element of timeliness gone the
works of Erckmann-Chatr be-
long to the irrevocable past, as do
the novels Of G. p. r. James and
Harrison Ainsworth.
A WEEK or so ago there were
"A paragraphs in this depart
ment about the suit recently started
in Paris by the heirs of Auguste
Maquet against the heirs of Alex
andre Dumas. The literary part
nership of Erckmann and Chatrian
ended in an estrangement even
more curious. In view of the
prominent place that the collabo-
ration once held in letters it is odd
how little is known of the person
alities of the two men or of the in
innate details of their quarrel. One
may look in vain in literary his
tories and encyclopedias under the
caption Erckmann-C Chatrian. Even
iE the great "Larousse" will be
be found little more than list of
their principal works and a word of
appreciation of their exceptional
intellectual union. Where details
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

/ nightmare. In The Conversation of
Eiros and Charmion,' The Fall of
the House of Usher The Descent
Into the Maelstrom,' The Masque
of the Red Death and others there
is a kind of undercurrent of some
thing-I know not what-that
comes up, faint at first, and dimly
seen, but increasing gradually in
strength and brightness, till it opens
into full ocean, surging and sound
ing and flaming. Each of them is
volume of metaphysics and book
of poe Ny."
n IL of this in direct letter to
"A Poe, though it sounds as if
third person was under discussion.
But into the panegyric of youth, un
questionably sincere in the mood
Of the moment, there soon creeps
the personal note. Even very young
man does not allow his enthusiasm
~ run to page after page of manu-
script without hoping for a reply
from the object of his eulogy. Ger
tainly not this canny Eveleth. For
the personal note he paves the way
craftily by expressing the wish that
ne could lay his hands upon the
poems, "The Raven" in particular.
and upon the Tales of the Gro
tesque and Arabesque." He has, he
says, written to publishers in Phila-
6elphia and Boston, but they do not
have them. Then: 81 wish Mr.. Poe
would 'stoop so low as to address
by letter rustic youngster of the
hackwoods of Maine and tell him
where he can get those things which
he covets so much. Dickens con-
descended to write to an humble
| one in the wilds of our West. and
the Lord of Life and Glory deigned
20 come down from his throne to
suffer and die for sinful, fallen men.
Will not Mr.. Poe address me? 1
wish Mr.. Poe would take upon him.
self the regulation of a magazine
and stick to his work. would even
give him the little support of sub
scription for it; that is, as long as
| have the eyesight to read, the
mind to appreciate and the money
TO pay"
| M UGH has been written in dis
4V1 paragement of Poe, but no
cne has accused him of not being
very human in his vanities. There
was about him in matters of this
kind no British aloofness. Also
Eveleth's communication suggested
ready money. That first letter was
dated December 21, 1S45. Eveleth's
| second letter bore the date of jan
nary. 5, 1916, and shows that Poe
had written to him between the two
dates. In the second letter there is
an amazing change of tone. Eveleth
IS no longer suppliant begging a
word from the great man. In send
ing a check for So he assumes the
sttitude of patron, the Macenus
OF Horace, or the eighteenth century
robleman to whom Grub Street
dedicated its books. He is cockily
critical. He does not like to see so
many advertisements in the Journal.
He thinks the price asked is too
nigh. well, yours is of short stand
Ing, | see, and with sufficient en-
couragement from subscribers you
may afford ii at less cost by and by.
send you the inclosed SO as my
share OF encouragement at present.
Forward the Journal one year, COM
mencing with the new volume. I
guess you can afford to give me a
little premium. If so, let it be some
of your works. Any except the late
collection by Wiley G. Putnam"
Could anything be more beautiful
in canny impudence and callow
eonceit?
VET the third letter is even more
Il aetAnichi In
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

him. He objected to royalties paid
to cOllaborators, and as an indem-
nifty for past losses demanded the
complete abandonment of Cha
TRANS right to the published "Edi-
tion de Theatre"
NINE. VAN DE VELDE went on
Av1 to say: IN. Erckmann is
thoroughly German; M. Chatrian is
entirely French. The former lives
at Phalsburg, among Germans, with
niece married to a Brunswick Of
ficer, receives the Governor of Lor-
raine, and has apparently forgotten
that the Germans bombarded the
town and burned his fathers house.
M. Chatrian resides at st. Die, on
the French side; has reared his
sons in the love of France, enlisted
them at the age of Is in French
regiments; he occasionally crosses
the frontier to visit his fathers
tomb, but has solemaly forbidden
that his body be laid at his side
as long as a German foot treads
the ground of Alsace-Lorraine.'"
CONTINUING the Chatrian side
~ of the story, the outcome of
the controversy was that Chatrian
was persuaded to arbitrate and
place the matter in the hands of
a lawyer friend of the claimant. He
was eventually informed of the
final decision; he was required to
pay out of his own pocket to Erck-
mann all the sums paid out to the
various men who had helped him
write their plays" Either from
weakness or kindheartedness he
did not contest the result, but a
compromise was finally reached by
which he paid one-half of the
amount claimed, or 22,1N francs,
which made serious inroads on his
slender resources.
THAT was the story given out in
u 1891. Twenty years later the
Emile Erckmann side was pub
lished in an article printed in a
leading French review and entitled
"The Truth About Cha
trian." This article was profes-
sedly based upon a personal inter
view with Erckmann a short time
before his death. In a measure it
corroborates the earlier account,
yet adds certain striking details
tending completely to reverse SYM
pathy. According to the later
writer the relations between the
two authors had never been prop
erly understood. Erckmann had al
ways been the patron and Chatrian
the beneficiary; Erckmann the soul
OF the combination, the creative
writer, and Chatrian the factotum,
the agent, the man of business.
HNHE acquaintance began when
i Erckmann was law student
in Paris. According to the later
story one day he received a plain
tive letter in verse from Phalsburg.
in which the writer compared him.
self to hunted stag brought to
bay. When Erckmann returned to
Phalsburg he hunted out the au-
thor, found him to be Chatrian and
in short time they were on terms
Of close intimacy and Erckmann
had made it possible for his friend
to go to Paris by settling upon him
an allowance of $50 francs a month
from his own slender patrimony.
From that time onward for forty
years Chatrian remained in the lit
erary center, while Erckmann lived
in Phalsburg and there wrote the
stories which he sent on for Cha
trian to amend and sell. That was
the arrangement to the end. Cha
trian Transcribed the manuscripts.
rejected certain passages, revised
certain episodes, made terms with
publishers and collected and in
Vpcfod tho rova1tinC
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VET the third letter is even more
L astonishing, in view of the
tone OF the first. Almost three
months have elapsed since Eve
leth's second letter, printed in
this collection, and Poe has evi-
IDENTIFY been at his old tricks. EyeIeth
writes: IF you did not get the
letter in which was inclosed SO for
your paper, why have you not let
me know it, after having learned
that sent the money to you? Ger
tainly it was your duty so to do. IL
not to satisfy me at least to clear
yourself from the charge of knavery.
You are liable to such a charge as
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

N time Eveleth came to change
Il his opinion. Mr.. Poe became
his especial favorite. In the same
first letter he writes: "T am pas
sionately fond of reading his pro
ductions of all kinds. His works
nf analysis. such as The Murders
in the Rue Morgue' and The Mys-
terry of Marie Roget whet curiosity
TO the keenest edge, forcing the very
soul of the reader, in spite of him
self, to every step and through
every obscure winding of their
course. But | rather prefer his
Iis-nightmare tales to these
know not what better adjective to
use-for they cling. to my mind at
least. in all the vividness and with
all the shivering intensity Of the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-14
Man Injured By Truck
Died Today AT Mandan

Mandan, N. D.. Dec. 14.-Alex
Froench, who was injured Monday
under q heavily loaded coal truck
nine miles south of the city, died
here this morning an a result, Of the
injuries. He had been q resident of
Mandan for twenty-nine years. He
leaves 4 widow and eight children.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-14
FEWER OPERATIONS
In THE FUTURE ARE
FORESEEN BY ADSON

Chicago, Dec. 14.-An era Of con
servatism in surgical practice Is
dawning near. DR.. A. w. Adson, brain
specialist of Rochester, Mimi, told
the Chicago Medical society last night
as he scored surgeons who Operate
for the sake of operating"
The recently developed science of
ventriculography, DR.. Adson said, is
partly responsible for this new era as
it is an aid to physicians in diagnosis
and location Of brain tumors. f.
DR.. Adson charged that specialists
in cerebral surgery of these times
were careless because their patients
in the majority Of instances succumb-
ed regardless of an operation.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-14
0llNDUSTRY
INVESTIGATION
RESUMED TODAY
w. c. Teagle Declares
Standard Oil Co. Not In
Any Combination.

washington, Dec. 14.-Walter C..
TeaEle, head Of tho Standard Oil COM
'panySof NewsJersey, had been sum-
mone9 to testify before the senate
manufacturer committee today on
the resumption of its investigation
OF the oil industry, suspended last
summer during the political cam
paign. A mass OF information secur-
ed by the committee through Ques-
tionnaires to the oil trade on corpor-
alton organisation. trade practices and
able to form the basis of croB-exam-
mation,rof Mr. Teagle and others
prominent in the oil industry who are
to follow him, including Harry F.
Sinclair. Chairman LaFollette said
he expected the hearings to continue
The so-calleed ."zoning" in the oil
trade and alleged price standards
were particular, points the committee
was prepared to investigate. with
stock dividends another phase in
which the committed members are
ESPECIALLY interested.
Is Free Competition.
The Standard Oil company Of New
Jersey constituting the supreme courts
dissolution decree by which it was cut
on from it's former corporate hold
,inss. as a final expression Of the pub
lie will on the subject of monopolistic
control, has conducted its business
under the conditions of free and ac-
tive competition" Mr., Teagle. deciar-
ed in q statement submitted to the
committee.
Going exclusively int conditions
which have arisen in" the industry
since the dissolution decree, with par
tcular relation to the New jersey
company. whose business and organ
ization he reviewed at length, Mr..
Teagle declared his company had OBJ
served the decree 'in good faith. both
in letter and in spirit" adding:
II want to say with all emphasis
that the Standard Oil company of. New
Jersey is not a party to any combina-
ton, agreement or arrangement to fiji
or maintain the selling prices Of its
products"
Mr. Teagle said he wanted toy pro
teet against tho characterization OF
this company an n of the STANDARD
OIL group az If the old association
'|of Standard Oh, companies existed to-
day, or as If this company constituted
q part Of any group of companies sub.
5ect to common control"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-14
TRAIN KILLS NORTH
MANKATO SALESMAN

Travsrs4 CITY. Mich, Dec. 14.-Jay
Shork, q book alesmanJof North Man
kato, Ninn.. was killedsat .Graw, near
here, late yesterday whom Fr'are
Marquette passenger trAin STRUCK, his
automobile.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-14
SOLVE MYSTERY
OF BANK THEFT
Discharged Bank Teller's
Attentions to Cabaret Girl
Lead to Discovery.

: Chicago. Dec. 14.-The lavish
spending Of a young mar in a cabaret
and the recen discharge Of a bank
teller led to the arrest Of IL men and
a woman which, the police announced
today, had solved the mystery Of the
robbery of a messenger of the Logan
Square Trust and Savings bank OF
$4,000 last Tuesday. Approximately
$4,000 OF the loot has been re-
covered{
Albert Rogers attentions to Their
esa Rose. q cabaret girl, and his
abandon to ten dollar bills aroused
the interest of detectives. Then they
learned Joseph Kaplan recently had
been discharged from the bank. Ar.
rests were followed by admissions
the police say. thai Rogers and Kap'
Ian helped to plan the robbery.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-14
Rumania Moving ia
Open Up Oil Fields

Bucharest.-The question Of the.
naturalization Of the sub-sol 7 In
Rumania. which 10 In effect the prob
lem Of whether the unexploited mime
bearing formations shall be declared
the property of the state, will shortly
be taken before the national assembly
as a result Of the investigation OF the
commission for reform Of tho constl-
tuition.
The fnal decision OF tho assembly
is awaited with interest a. It will
affect the rights of the various oil
interests to exploit the vast Ru-
rnanian oil fields.
The idea of natonalixtng the sub.
soil was advanced by M. Vintila Ba-
tiano. minister OF finance. and has
met with much opposition from all
parties. The nature Of the report to
be made by the commission IL not
known. but opponents Of the measure
threaten % defeat the government
should it be favorable to M. Bra
tiano's policy.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-14
WELCOME SKIM,
!. OPPOSE SKUM
OF IMMIGRATION

Chicago, Dec. 14.-An immigration
law based on selection rather than
restriction was advocated today by
Harvey j. Sconce,A of. Sedill, Ill.
speaking before the American Farm
Bureau federatton's. annual meeting
here "wednesday. . H..
The three per cent clause Of the
immigration law was severely criti-
cized by Mr.. Econce,S formerly a dele
gate to; the International Institute of
Agriculture at Rome; as we'll as other
speakers on the afternoon: program.
What this, country, need 10 more
producers and fewer s..peddlers," Mr..
gconce declared Tho way to attain
this result Is first tofrepeal this three
per cent immigration law and then.
enact an Immigration law similar to-
the Canadian law with Its new regu-
-lations with It's occupational tests.
Financial, physical and mora re-
quirements are essential and should
be added,to any immigration regufa-
-tions. This selection should take
place sas neal the point of*origin a.
possible and the administrative ':au-
th0rity shouldsbe centralized In one
federal agency. a. -
I'VE welcome the skim of tmmt-
grafton. SIbut positively object, to the
skurn. Of immigration VS.
Modification OF the present law was
urged by James A. Emery ot..the Ma
jtional Association of Manufa cturers.
Washington. who declared emigration
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-14
CONFERENCE
OF GOVERNORS
4 IS UNDER |)R WAY!
Khan and Prohibition viii
Be Among Topics
Discussed.

White Sulphur Springs, W. W.,
Dec. 14-Numerous questions OF ma
tional- and state Importance were list
cd for discussion in addresses by state
executives here for the opening SEES.
sion today of the annual conference
Of governors. Activities Of the Ku
Klux Khan formed one of the ques-
tions on the official program, while
Governor Parker Of Louisiana had
announced that he intended to inject
into the conference also the question
Of prohibition enforcement despite it,
absence from the list Of subjects.
Following on the program tho I'D.
dress Of welcome by Governor Nor
gan of. West Virginia and the RESPONSE
OF Governor Hardee Of Florida, were
addresses by Governor. McKelvie of
Nebraska on Legislation and the
farmer: by Governor Hartness Of
Vermont on tho industrial code and
humane economics, and q discussion
by Governor Preus of Minnesota from
the viewpoint Of the west, of the pro-
posed st. Lawrence waterway. CUES
tions Of taxation and highway con-
struction were among others sched-
uled to come up during tho threel day
conference.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-14
P0EONSENT'' TO
W. c. BRlDCEMAN
Chocolates Containing Poi
son Sent Through Mail to
British Home Secretary.
Thu Associated Pres.

(By The Associated Press.)
London, Dec. 14.-An attempt
has been made to ~assassinatc
Homo Secretary Bridgeman by
means of poisoned chocolates
sent through the mail. The cam
dy arrived at the homo Office
yesterday and the police found
1t contained q deadly poison.
1t is understood the police attribute
the act to the same person who re-
Gently poisoned Sir w. Norwood, head
of: Scotland yard, in the same man
ner
AN the other ministers of the gov
eminent have been warned to be on
guard against similar attempts.
On November 9, Sir William Nor
wood. chief Of Scotland Yard. received
q box Of poisoned chocolates through
the. mails. Believing 1t to be a birth
day gift from a relative. he tasted OF
1t and became severely i'll.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-14
A TO AID
in UNFOLDING U. S. 4
RIGHTS in TURKEY

New York. Dec. IA pledge to
support President Harding in any ac-
ton he may take to support the
rights. lives and religion of Americans
in Turkey, was embodied in a resolu-
ton adopted unanimously yesterday
by the national council of the Episco-
pal church. -
The council endorsed a resolution
introduced into the house Of repre-
sentatives last week calling upon the
president to request Turkey to check
violence to Christians and upon o.
gress to support such action.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-14
POLICE DROP INVESTIGATION.

Memphis, Tenn, Dec 14.-Iocal
police have dropped their ~investga-
ton Of the disappearance for Two days
Of Miss Jennie Rogers, trained nurse,
who was foundshere last week bound
and gagged beside the tracks Of .
street oar line. according to an an
iuouncement made late last night.
1 Tho trained nurse had Informed the
police that she remembers nothing
from Sunday night, = week ago, un-
III she regained consciousness Tues
day night
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-01

Be a Kid Again!
IRREGULAR FELLERS"
is a weekday comic in the
Albuquerque Morning Journal
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-11-10

William Masters Sentenced for Shoot
ing Hartman.

Middlebury, Nov. William Mas
ters was yesterday sentenced to serve
not less than year an da half nor
more than two years at hard labor at
the house OF correction at Windsor as
the result of his accidentally shooting
Charles Hartman at Monkton last
October 2l. Hartman is recovering.
Masters was charged with pointing q
deadly weapon at Hartman.
Masters, who had no counsel, pleaded
guilty and on representations OF
States Attorney George w. Stone, who
stated that there was no trace OF
malice or motive in the case and that
the two men had been travelling around
as chums during the season previous to
the shooting the courtafter consultation
sentenced the respondent to serve not
less than one year and half nor more
than two years at hard labor.
Masters stated to the court that ne
thought he had shot off all the cham
bers Of his revolver and that they were
all emptied, but that there seemed to
have been one bullet left without his
knowledge.
Masters is man off4o years Of age,
His wife died a year ago last March
and he has two childen one five years
old and one two years old, who hive
with his mother up in Monkton. He i
said to have been in the habit Of point
ing the firearms at different people in a
Joking kind of way, but he will not
do that any more for a year and half
at least.