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The New York herald., 1922-03-14
First Catch Your Plesiosaurus.

For an animal nobody is sure any
body has ever seen the jolly old
plesiosaurus of Patagonia is getting
publicity which prima donna might
regard with envy. The Argentine
humane society which corresponds
to our own S. P. c. A. protests
against the capture or killing of the
supposed survivor Of a prehistoric
species. The head of the society de-
clares that the plesiosaurus might die
IL it were brought north. Nonsense!
The creatures grandfathers and
granduncles several ages removed,
lived in New Jersey, Kansas and
Wyoming. Coming north from the
southern Argentine would be like
old home week for plesiosaurus.
Let there be no undue excitement
over the treatment of the monster,
however. First catch your plesiosau-
rus, but gently. He might be lured
to land with jazz, the strains of
which are notoriously liked by all
reptiles. DR.. ALBARRAcIN, the presi-
dent of the Argentine humane So
ciety, insists that the scientists study
the creature in it's own habitat while
1t is enjoying full liberty. We feel
sure that they will. The monster will
be kodaked, cinematographed, phono-
graphed and charted. Grave intelli-
gentsia will report and interpret his
every gesture and snort. His meals
will be weighed. crhaps he is eat
ing too much protein. What kind Of
diet will extend the life of a plesio-
saurus another 5000 years?
The Buenos Aires expeditionaries
are determined to go after the oldest
breathing relic of the past. They will
start this week, says Professor
ONELLr, provided additional funds
are forthcoming" There's an idea
for the bucket shop men. Plesiosau-
rus Preferred; get In on the Gre
taceous floor.
The New York herald., 1922-03-14
Another Disastrous Experiment
in Government Railways.

France has decided to sell her Gov
ernment owned railways, according
to dispatches from Paris, which
means that another experiment in
Government operation of railways
has proved disastrous. The French
railways comprise six great lines,
one of which, the Western system.
the longest in France, operating
6,212 miles of railway. is owned by
the Government. The five other rail-
ways, all privately owned and oper-
ated, are: The Nord, 2,396 miles; the
Est, 3,133 miles; the Paris-Lyon-
Mediterranee, 6,051 miles; the Or
leans, 1881 miles, and the Midi,
2,520 miles.
No fairer or more thorough expert
ment in government railroading has
been made than the one carried out
on the Western system in France
Nearly twenty years ago this system
was consolidated with the Ancient
Reseau, or Old Lines, which serve
Paris as a sort Of interurban rail-
road. Before 1904 the Old Lines had
been prosperous. But within four
years after the Western Railway had
been taken over by the Government
deficit was shown. The balance
has been on the wrong side of the
ledger ever since, although the rail
ways under private operation earned
profits up to the beginning Of the
war. Even these private lines were
subject to Government control dur
ing the war. The State guaranteed
their earnings. War time deficits Of
all the railroads cost the Government
more than 5,O0O,OO0,OOO francs.
The abnormal war period does not
furnish an accurate criterion by
which to Judge French railway con.
troll. The table below shows the re-
The New York herald., 1922-03-14
Men, Not Cats, Blamed.
Puss's Sins Attributed to Human
Cruelty or Neglect

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: demur
to the indictment against the cat.
Why not ask the compiler of statistics
to make a record OF cats tortured. stoned
and shot by vicious boys, and another
one OF nests robbed, mother birds killed,
birds killed out OF season and general
mortality from human hands?
No cat lover would stand for cats
killing birds. Cats properly fed and
housed are no more attracted to birds
than to stray leaves in a breeze. I have
only compassion for the other kind of
cat He comes without any wish OF his
own and observes the first law of nature
while he is here. / don't blame him
for anything he does.
People allow cats to multiply without
any thought of the future. kick them
out and blame them for what they do
to sustain life. I've known people who
had time to throw a rock when they
didn't have time to take the unwanted
cat to the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals or somes other in
stitution of like nature, where 1t would
be painlessly destroyed.
We don't need legislation against cats.
What we need Is greater understand
ing OF all nature. Let the legislation
be against owners and do let's enforce
the laws we have. A CAT LOVER.
NEW YORK, March 13.
The New York herald., 1922-03-14
Evidence From a Cage.
Mountain Lions at Wyoming Hotel
Did Actually Scream.

To THE New YORK HERALp: Like
your correspondent Henry w. Shoe
maker / also have been much interested
in the discussion concerning the noun
tain lions cry and the various letters
you have published on the subject The
evidence contained in these lettors only
confirms the fact. well known to many
OF us, that the puma, or mountain lion.
certainly does scream. Why that fact
should be questioned by anybody is not
easy to understand.
For myself, during twenty-odd years
In which lived In the Rocky Mountain
region I have not only often heard that
peculiar snarling shrek but have also
on various occasions seen a mountain
lion in the act of uttering the cry. Many
persons who travelled over the Union
Pacific Railroad during the late sos and
early 's0s VIII doubtless recall the young
lions which we're kept In cages In front
OF the Union Pacific Hotel at Green
River. Wyoming. And some of these
persons will also remember having heard
the cry those lions used to give vent
to from time to time. most frequently
just before their meal hour.
It is also possible. nay, probable, that
a majority of the people who saw those
lions never heard them scream and
would be willing SO to testify. This
latter fact seems to epitomize the entire
evidence produced In this discussion. on
the one hand we have a respectable
minority who have actually heard the
puma's cry, and on the other hand a
multitude who never heard 1t and do
not know anybody who has.
1t all reminds one of the Western
Justice Of the Peace who was trying a
man on the charge of stealing a pig.
The complaining Witness and one other
testified positively to having seen the
defendant in the act OF committing the
theft. But the defendant produced
twenty reputable witnesses who swore
with equal certitude that they had not
seen him steal the pig. whereupon the
Justice held that the clear preponder-
ance of the evidence was In favor OF the
defendant, and accordingly discharged
him. GEORGE WEsTERvETT.
NEW York, March 13.
The New York herald., 1922-03-14
But Yesterday / Caught a Vision Fleet

But yesterday l caught vision fleet
AS sunlight on the water. faint trace
OF loveliness; 1 seemed to see your
face
Amid the passing throng, and the dark
street
Was OF sudden light and life COM
plete;
But only for n moment. then the race,
The mad pursuit OF pleasure filled the
space
Where / had glimpsed your image bright
and sweet.
My thought went back to vanished yes
terdays
When, IL / sought you. you were al
ways there,
Your love and presence never were
withdrawn
1t is not so here in the citys ways,
For when think TO find you you
are gone
Swift as snatch or song upon the air.
ELISABETH SCOTLAND.
The New York herald., 1922-03-14
Wet Storage of Coal.
1t Is Practlced by Large Consumers
With Success.
From the Panama Canal Record.

From the Panama Canal Record.
Both of the coaling plants at the
canal terminals are provided with spaces
for the storage of coal under water as
we'll as in the dry.
No complaint has been made of the
combustible qualities of the coal stored
subaqueously, but In order to ascertain
IL other plants had experienced any de-
terioration from water storage the Gov
ernor requested the Chief of Office in
Washington to obtain the conclusions of
Mr.. II. II. Stock. professor of mining
engineering at the University of Illinois,
ms to the relative merits of wet and dry
storage of coal. In his reply Professor
Stock stated:
Il would report that several companies
in Illinois have used under water stor-
age apparently with success. One of the
first companies to use this form was the
Western Electric Company in Chicago,
which has a number of concrete pits,
Also, the Illinois Traction Company has
used this method at several of it's larger
power plants. Several of the zinc COM
panies In the State have used old sloughs
for temporary storage. and in a similar
manner a number Of mines have used
these sloughs for excess production.
The largest under water storage plant
of which have been advised Is that of
the STANDARD Oil Company at Whiting,
Ind, where provision has been made for
10o.000 tons. The Duquesne Light Com
pany of Pittsburgh also has a large
under water storage plant. In the abb
sence OF negative reports from any of
these companies / assume they have
found under water storage satisfactory.
Experiments made at the University
OF Illinois on small quantities of coal
under water have shown practically no
deterioration,
THE two large plants above referred
to. namely, those OF the Standard Oil
Company and the Duquesne Light Com
pany, are of too recent construction to
have very conclusive results extending
over sufficient period OF time.
Under water storage Is OF course
best adapted for hne sizes of run OF
mine coal where II Is necessary TO have
a mixture of sizes and a considerable
amount Of fine coal and dust in the ma
terial stored. II the coal can be prop
erly sized and carefully handled do not
believe IL Is necessary TO have under
water storage, as the expense OF the
plant is OF course materially greater
than ground storage"
The New York herald., 1922-03-14
Palestine and the Jews.
A Prophecy Fulfilled by the British
Capture Of Jerusalem.

To THE NEW YoRK HERALD: IL may
add a word to my recent letter / would
say that as the volume of the restora-
ton of the Jews Increases the United
States will inevitably play prominent
part, not only in providing transport but
In many other ways.
The restoration of the Jews concerns
the whole world, just as the entry of the
British army into Jerusalem concerned
the whole world. For in that hour the
''times of the Gentiles'' were fulfilled.
Our Lord said: Jerusalem shall be
trodden down of the Gentiles until the
times of the Gentiles are fulfilled"
That is definite language. When
the British army entered Jerusalem it
was delivered. it was no longer trodden
down, and in that hour the "times OF the
Gentiles" were fulfilled.
We are now living in an interregnum.
How long or how short that interregnum
will be no man knoweth.
w. STANLEY SHAW,
Captain late Middlesex Regiment.
LONDON, February 2s.
The New York herald., 1922-03-14
Near East Problems.
Turkish Rule and the Regimes Which
Have Succeeded 1t.

To THE NEW York HERALD: The
news from London that the Government
of India through Lord Reading has re-
ouested Great Britain for a revision or
the Sevres treaty cannot help but infiu-
ence the rather strained relations be-
tween the Foreign Offices at the DUAL
d'orsay and Downing Street toward an
amicable understanding over the Ma
tionalist question. IL not to permanent
and satisfactory settlement of the Near
Eastern problems. Such a revision VIII
materially aid the establishment of the
much needed peace in that part of the
world. will cement further the Franco
British Entente and assure the continu-
ance Of the loyalty of the people Of
India.
II Is interesting to note that half a
century ago It was mainly through the
efforts of an illustrious Jewish states
man that the Treaty of San Stefano. so
disastrous to Turkish fortunes, was re-
vised and replaced by the Treaty OF
Berlin under the benevolent influence Of
Lord Beaconsfield. If the Sevres treaty
undergoes a similar alteration, and there
ia all the likelihood that 1t will. 1t will
probably be due to Lord Readings re-
cent telegram from Delhi.
And why should not the Sevres treaty
be revised according to the spirit Of this
message from India? The issue Is be-
tween the Turks, who are in majority
in the regions mentioned. notwithstand-
ing the Hellenic claims to the contrary.
and the Greeks, who should have no
particular claim TO the allied support
in view Of their desertion of the only
man who was identified with the allied
cause. IL is patent to every thinking
person that II was mainly through the
efforts OF venizelos that Greece finally
aligned herself with the Entente, and 1t
was TO his personality that various con-
cessions 10 the Greek viewpoint were
made. Stripped OF this. there is no good
reason why Greece should be allowed
TO hold territory which is humanity Inn
noes,bIe for her 70 digest without re-
sorting to high handed methods. And
s,Nb methods are to be condemned just
MS much when perpetrated by the Greeks
as they are when practiced by the Turks.
In the Balkans we have the original
"arin' the government" policy deeply
rooted. While under the Turkish rule
Bulgars, serbians and Greeks protested
against the sultan's authority and very
often went into open rebellion. After
the Balkan war this rule was substituted
by the Serbian. Greek and Bulgarian.
The same protests. In many cases
stronger. began TO be heard.
The Greek who happened to live under
the Bulgarian or Serbian rule found the
yoke much more unbearable and the
Bulear who was allotted to live under
the Greek management prayed for the
return OF the Turk. The spirit OF dis
content and strife is IN the atmosphere
OF the Near East. And Of all the meas
ures worthy OF consideration the treaty
OF sevres is certainly the poorest.
Turkish rule. like capitalism, may
have many drawbacks. but II Is a gov
The New York herald., 1922-03-14
has proved highly beneficial. They

mas proved nlgnly DeueHcldl- hcy
have grown in bulk and in strength.
Why fruit growers hereabouts
have not generally resorted to warm
ing their orchards with one or more
OF the various devices that have been
used with more or less success In
Florida and on the Pacific coast Is
not clear. In other fruit growing dis
tricts smudge fires have saved many
crops, and had this or some other
method of combating frost been util-
lied in this vicinity last year there
is every reason to believe that the
wholesale destruction wrought by
the late frosts after the abnormally
warm January might have been in
great measure averted. Records of
success in other parts OF the country
should encourage the adoption OF
frost combating devices here.
Eastern people are not generally
given to trailing in the rear of prog
ress, but in this particular they have
hardly kept up with the procession.
There are not many weeks now be-
tween us and comparative safety for
the peaches. But these weeks are
treacherous for buds, full Of high
lures into freezing death
traps. With the prospect now 80
bright for an enormous peach crop
it would be a pity If growers should
fail to be ready with any orchard
protecting device that has demon
strated It's value.
The New York herald., 1922-03-14
The Crucial Year.
Sayonarola an Instance Of the Rule
Confronting Lloyd George.

To The New York HERALD: In the
editorial article on Lloyd Georges cru
cial year you say that the eighth year
has definitely established reputation
as a crucial one in politics. You point
to the duration of the influence of De-
mosthenes In the councils of his coun-
trymen. which reached its climax in the
eight years between the peace of Phi
locrates in 346 B. c. and the battle of
Charonea. You advert to the breaking
up OF the coalition. eight years after it
had been formed, by Julius Caesar, Pom
pey and Crassus.
Other instances Of eight year political
periods suggest themselves. One of the
most notable is presented in the sway
of Girolamo Savonarola as the absolute
ruler of the highly cultured city Of
Florence from 1490 to 149s. He drove
ners, morals and politics of Florence.
and shook the very foundations Of the
Renaissance.
Like Demosthenes, and in degree
Caesar, Savonarola appealed to emotion
alism, touched the heart and the con-
science, while the very practical wizard
of Criccieth, whose breadth of vision
comprehends the interdependent needs
of all the nations and who dexterously
and with lightning swiftness adjusts
himself to the political exigencies of
the hour, holds power by stronger
and more lasting grasp. He Is the
statesman of world business and the
world has present and further need Of
such a man. FRANK DEEDMEYER.
BrRMINGHAM, Ala. March 10.
The New York herald., 1922-03-14
EVENTS TO-DAY.

International Flower Show. Grand Central
Palace, 10 A. M. to 10 p. M.
Police Commissioner Richard II. Enright
will speak at a meeting of the Harlem Board
of Commerce. 200 Lenox avenue, Z. M.
Lewis II. Pounds will speak on THE Port
Authority Plan" meeting of the Womans
Republican Club. Inc, Hotel Plaza. 1880
A. M.
Problems of European Economic Rehabilta-
tion," Broadway Tabernacle Forum, Broad
way and Fifty-sixth street, S:15 p. M.
Prof. James Harvey Robinson. lecture,
''How the World Looks to a Historical
Student" Cooper Union. p. M.
Mabel W. Cheel will speak at meeting of
the Get Together Club, Community Church
House. Park avenue and Thirty-fourth street.
East Harlem Health Center, annual meet
ing, Health Center Building, 345 East 118th
street, 4:30 p. M.
A. @. MacNulty will discuss THE Revi.
Affects Real Estate" West Side Y. NJ. q. A..
31s West Fifty-seventh street. s:i5 p. NJ.
Gold star Association. reception. Seventh
Regiment Armory. Park avenue and Sixty
sixth street, to =. M.
Linnaean Society. annual dinner. American
Museum of Natural History, Central Park
West and Seventy-seventh street. 7 p. M.
Bronx Aerie. No. 491. Fraternal Order ~
Eagles, public meeting. home. Third avenue
at 142d stseet, $3.50 r. M.
Thomas Conyngton viii speak on "Funda-
mentals of Business Education" meeting
of the New York Society of Accountants,
Rumford Hall, 80 East Forty-first street.
S:15 p NJ.
Magistrate w. Bruce Cobb will speak on
THE wayward Minor" auspices of the
Women's Prison Association. Isaac G. Hop
per Home. 110 Second avenue. 80 p. M.
Prof. Edwin Borchardt will speak on Cur
rent International Relations" Ethical Gull
ture Meeting House, West Sixty-fourth
street, p. M.
Giuseppe Aldo Randegger, lecture, Mod
ern Composers Bowery Mission. 8 r. M.
"A French Maid who Crowned Her King"
lecture talks for elementary school teachers,
by Anna O. Chandler, metropolitan Museum
Of Art, $3.50 p. NJ.
B. r. Baumgardt, lecture, "The Arab. ths
Analytic Mind" Town Hall, 123 West Forty
third street. IL A. M.
Society OF Independent Artists. exhibition.
Waldorf-Astoria, all day.
Grand Street Boys Association, dinner.
Hotel Commodore. p n.
st. Stephens College, dinner. Hotel Nc
Alpin. l.. NJ.
National Metal Trades Association, dinner.
Hotel Astor, p. M.
Sphinx Club dinner. waldorf-Astoria, I
Confectionery Manufacturing Association,
meeting. Hotel Pennsylvania, . T.. M.
Foreign Policy Association. conference.
Waldorf-Astoria, A +. M.
The New York herald., 1922-03-14

America in May, 1850. OssoLI's
spirit was broken by the failure of
the revolution, and when their ship
was wrecked off Fire Island beach
just as they were approaching New
York harbor he made no attempt to
save his own life or that Of their
child. No one knew exactly what
happened as the ship was breaking
up under the pounding of the waves.
but it is said that his wife also was
lost through her failure to make an
effort to save herself. With her
sank too the manuscript of her ac-
count of the Roman revolution. an ex-
haustive work based upon her per-
sonal knowledge and experience and
her acquaintance with its chief ac-
tors. work which was an irrepar-
able loss to the historical literature
of the period.
The New York herald., 1922-03-14
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York--Increasing
cioudiness followed by rain this after
noon and tonight: tomorrow. probably
ram and somewhat colder, fresh to
strong south shifting to west winds
, FOR New Jersey-Increasing cloudiness fol-
lowed by rain this afternoon and tonight;
tomorrow rain and somewhat colder. fresh
70 strong south shifting TO west winds.
FOR Northern New England-IncIeasing
cioudiness and warmer to-day. rain this after
winds.
For Southern New Engand-Ihcreasin
.louolness and warmer to-day. rain this af-
eerhoon or tonight; Tomorrow rain and
west winds.
For Western New YorI-Rain. with mild
temperature to-day: to-Inorrow cloudy and
colder probably rain
WASHINGTON. March 13.--The southwest
disturbance has moved slowly northeastward
s aiu its center was over Oklahoma to-night.
it mas peen attended by showers and thunder
storms IN the middle Mississippi Valley Mis-
souri,, kansas and Oklahoma and the middle
aiiq west Gull States. The. northwest dis
turbaice has moved RAPIDLY eastward to On
tarto and II has been attended by rains in
the north Pacific States and western Mon
lana Pressure was high. but falling over
the eastern States, while IL continued low
to-day in the vicinity OF Newfoundland.
Inc temperature has risen east of the Mis-
sissippi River and In the plateau region and
II has fallen In western Texas. Unseasonably
warm weather pei avied to-day almost gen.
orally from the plains States and lower Mis-
sissippi Valley eastward except In the At
laatic States.
The Oklahoma disturbance will move north.
eastward attended by rains almost generally
east OF the Mississippi River within the next
twenty-four hours. probably continuing
Wednesday morning in the Florida peninsula.
the extreme upper Ohio Valley, the lower lake
region and In the Atlantic States from Vir-
ginia northward.
The New York herald., 1922-03-14
Peach Crop Prospects.

Peach growers within a hundred
miles or so of New York hope to pro
duce an uncommonly large crop this
year. All conditions are reported to
be favorable for the peach. Con-
tinued low temperatures, with several
timely sleet and snow storms. have
kept the sap back in the trees lower
depths and thus prevented premature
swelling OF the buds. The rest the
crop failure OF 1921 gave the trees
The New York herald., 1922-03-14
Brady and Hylan.

The charge was made by WILLIAM
A. BRADY at dinner on Sunday
night that indecent plays are pro-
duced in New York because of "rot-
ten politics on the part of Mayor
HYLAN's administration" Mr.. BRADY
added that he would tell Mr.. HYLAN
fright to his face" where the fault
lay.
To this Mayor HYLAN replies with
dignity that he will be glad to hear
Mr.. BRADY at any time and that he
will have the reporters present to
listen to the discussion. This is
much more sensible than denouncing
Mr.. BRADY as Tool Of the Interests
or Plunderer of the Plain People,
titles which the Mayor usually con-
fers upon those who criticize his ad-
ministration.
Many persons will agree with Mr..
BRADY's statement that the city ad-
ministration is to blame because il
has the power to prevent improper
productions. Perhaps the Mayor
will betable to dissipate this idea.
The promised interview ought to
be intensely dramatic. The news
papers will do their best with it, of
course. But 1t really is an event that
calls for the radio. When two ora
torical thunderbolts like BRADY and
HYLAN come together their words
should ring to the very welkin.
Or would the ether crack under the
strain?