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Evening star., 1922-10-25

not willing that we should take any
risks of war. 1 said that l got no
such sentiment out of the country.
This the President took as a sugges-
tion that we should work up prop
aganda Of hatred against Germany.
but I felt that in a democracy the
people were entitled to know the
facts. McAdoo. Houston and Red
field Joined me. The President turned
on them bitterly, especially on Nc
Adoo, and reproached all Of us with
duello.' We couldn't get the idea out
of his head that we were bent on
pushing the country into war. Hous-
ton talked of resigning after the
meeting. McAdoo will-within a year,
I believe. 1 tried to smooth them
ences with the President. We have
had to push and push to get him to
take any forward step. He comes out
right, but he is slower than a glacier
and things are mighty disagreeable
whenever anything has to be done"
Siberian Question Up.
In addition to his voluminous cor
respondence. which included letters
to virtually every person Of impor-
tance in the United States, Mr.. Lane
made many notes on incidents occur
ring in his daily life. Among these
were copious comments on the cab
met meetings: In one of these notes,
dated March l, 1918. he said:
Yesterday. at cabinet meeting, we
had the first real talk of war in
weeks. yes, in months. Burleson
Brought up the matter of Russia
would we support Japan in taking
we join Japan actively-in force?
The President said No. for the
very practical reason that we had no
ships. We had difficulty in providing
for our men in France and for our
word. saying that we are not allies.)"
In note dated March 2, 1918, Secre-
tary Lane wrote:
Cabinet Tells Stories.
Nothing talked Of at cabinet that
child. No talk OF war. No talk of
Russia or Japan. Talk by McAdoo
about some bills in Congress, by the
President about giving the veterans
Of the Spanish war leave, with pay to
attend their annual encampment And
he treated this seriously, as if it were
a matter Of first importance"
yesterday we had a cabinet meet
ing" he wrote under date of October
20, 1918. "All were present. The Pres
ident was manifestly disturbed. For
some weeks we have spent our time
a: cabinet meetings largely in telling
stories. Even at the meeting of a
week ago. the day on which the Pres
ident sent his reply to Germany-his
second note of the Paris series-we
were given no view of the note, which
was ;lready in Lansing's hands. and
was emitted at. o'clock Germany
came back with an acceptance of the
Presidents terms-a superficial ac-
ceptance at least-hence the appeal to
the cabinet yesterday.
silence Greets Appeal.
This was his opening: L do not know
what to do. must ask your advice.
I may have made mistake in not prop
erly safeguarding what said before.
What do you think should be done?
This general query was followed by {
Evening star., 1922-10-25
SHERR|LL TO HEAD
SHRINE COMMITTEE
Will Be Chairman of Public
Buildings Body for 1923
Convention.

Col. c. O. Sheriff., superintendent
Of public buildings and grounds, has
accepted the Craftsmanship of the
public buildings and grounds COM
mittee Of the Almas 1923 Shrine COM
mittee. according to an announcement
made public today. Noble Avon NJ.
Nevius, vice president of Riggs Ma
tional Bank. was named vice chair
man of the committee.
with the hotel and housing committee
of the Shrine, Of which Ellwood 7.
announced that c. c. Glover. chair
man of the board of directors of the
Riggs Bank. has given over to the
Shrine the use of large lot and
ground for the parking of the visit
ing automobiles in connection with
the Imperial Council session next
June.
Has "Movnble Hotel"
The publicity committee. headed by
w. ". Jermare, met last night at the
Homer building and considered plans for
approaching the 527 various fraternities
and business and civic organizations OF
the city. The men who will make adj
dresses there will be known as minute
men, and will seal only to nut the mat
ter before the members and ask their CO.
operation.
A humorous incident in regard to the
housing problems of the visitors attend
ing the Shrine session here next June
was brought to light today when a letter
reported as coming from Ezra Stebbins
of Creesoo, Mich. portravs great inter
est in the coming conditions. The let
ter addressed to Fllwood P Morey
chairman Of the hotel and housing com
mittee. as as follows:
fT saan in the ranars that the
Shrine is coming to your town mex!
June and that everv hotel will be
filled to the top. I been thinkine
you can use nv patent movable hotel
which call The Thermos.' because
bottle and everv room is cool ever
on hot nights The sides Of the build
ing are hollow and all the air is
pumped out Of the hollow places like
thermos bottle.
"The walls Of the building and the
nartitions for all the rooms are hol-
low and have a vacuome placed in
them with all the air pumped out. sc
that when you cool them at the be-
ginning of summer they stay COO
all the hot spell, or II they are heated
at the beginning Of winter the hote1
Will stay warm all winter Wlthou'
fuel BE careful about keeping the
doors shut though.
"These hotels are shipped in the
knockdown on fat cars and can be
set up by your committee in a row
anywhere. There is big saving ir
ice all summer. as the rooms stay
cool to such an extent that the guests
need covers all night. and they stay
warm all winter. There Is a great
saving in fuel especially where they
is no fuel ANYHOW. am the in.
ventor and the idee came to me wher
I busted a thermos bottle under the
seat Of my tooring car and seen how
1t was bilt-the bottle. 7 mean"
The publicity committee will meet
at 7:30 o'clock tonight at the Shrine
headquarters in the Homer building
Evening star., 1922-10-25
Cromueu Seeks
ToDiuorce Wife,
Says His Brother
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, October 25.-
Confirmation of the report that
Oliver Eaton Cromwell. eldest son
of Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury. has in
stituted divorce proceedings in
Paris against his wife. who was
Miss Hope Truxton Beale of Straf-
ford. Pa. was given here by his
brother, James Eaton Cromwell.
Rumors regarding the contem-
plated divorce of the wealthy
young couple have furnished so
ciety with a topic of gossip since
the beginning of this year 1t was
generally believed that Mrs. Crom-
we'll was seeking the divorce. but
from her hrother-in-law it was
learned that Cromwell last Janu-
airy gave his wife until September
to bring suit for divorce. Her
failure to do SO caused him to take
action, ii was said.
His wife. with her five-year-oid
son, has returned to her home near
here. Mr.. Cromwell's brother said
he did not feel 1T liberty to dis
cuss the grounds for the divorce
action. but that there is nothing
detrimental TO the moral character
of either of the parties concerned"
Evening star., 1922-10-25
new PASSENGER LINE.

Chairman Lasker of the Shipping
Board announced, following a meet
ing of the board. the establishment
of Q new passenger ship line connect
ing the west coast of the United
States with the eastern coast of South
America via the panama canal.
The ships will be operated out Of
Seattle by Swain & Hoyt, as managr
ing agents, over the same route which
is covered now by the cargo steam
AIS under the same management.
Evening star., 1922-10-25
ORDERED TO DUTY IN OHIO.
First Lieut.. Guy Kirksey. air serv.
ice. at Boiling Field. Anacostia, D. c..
has been assigned to duty at the
intermediate depot, Fairfield. Ohio.

long silence, which I broke by saying
that Germany would do anything he
said. .
:" What should I say% he asked.
That we would not treat until Ger
many was across the Rhine
This he thought impossible"
Mr.. Lane himself became DISCOURAGED
at times. On January 10, 1920, he
wrote:
1.-The whole world Is skew-jee, awry,
distorted and altogether perverse. The
President is broken in body and obsti-
nate in spirit Einstein has declared the
law of gravitation outgrown and de-
cadent. Drink, consoling friend of a
perturbed world, is shut off, and all goes
merry as a dance in hell"
Evening star., 1922-10-25
TURKISH POETESS COMING

CONSTANTINOPLE. October 25.-
Halide Edit Hanum, the famous
Turkish poetess and wife of the vice
president Of the Angora government,
plans to leave next month for a prop
uganda tour Of England and Amer
ica. She now is engaged in gather
ing statistics and photographs of the
devastated districts over which the
Creek army retreated before the
Turks, which she is planning to use
during her tour.
Evening star., 1922-10-25
LEAVES 100000 ESTATE.
DR.. Merrill E. Gates Survived by
Widow and Son.

DR.. Merrill E. Yates, lecturer and
writer, former president of Amherst and
Rutgers colleges. and for number of
years a resident of Washington,
who died August II last, left an
estate valued at 100000. accord
ing to a petition filed here for the
probate of his will. He leaves a
widow, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Gates OF
1909 Rhode Island avenue northwest,
and a son, Merrill e. Gates, jr.
Evening star., 1922-10-25
FRENCH SUBMARINE SAFE.

CHERBOURG, October 25.-The
French submarine Roland Morillot,
abandoned by her crew in the English
channel. is safe in the haTbor of
Guernsey island. She will be towed
here this afternoon. The crew arrived
here on board a French merchantman
yesterday.
Evening star., 1922-10-25
AUTO CRASH HURTS NUNS.
Mother Superior Breaks Leg,
Hostess Of Two Sisters May Die.

Los ANGELES, Calf, October u.s.
Mother Aquina, seventy years old,
mother superior of the Holy Cross
Sisters of Notre Dame. Ind, suf-
fered a broken leg and Sister Sinton.
of the same order. various cuts and
bruises in an automobile accident
here last night.
Mrs. Florence Sharp. twenty-five
years old, their hostess, was 50 ser1.
ously injured it was feared she
would die.
Evening star., 1922-10-25
LEGISLATIVE SURVEY
PLANNED BY FARMERS
Co-0peratives to Meet in Washing
ton to Consider Rural Credits
Bills Before Congress.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. October 25. -
First steps today had been taken in
the arrangements for meeting in
Washington. December Il to l6 of the
National Council Of Farmers Coop
eratives. Groundwork for the con-
ference of representatives from every
cooperative commodity marketing
organization of the United States
Evening star., 1922-10-25

was laid at a two-day meeting o..
cooperative marketing leaders which
closed here last night.
Consideration Of rural credits legis-
lation in its several phases was an
nounced as the major theme for tho
Washington meeting Other matters
of Importance to cooperative market
ing also will he taken up, however, it
was said by committee members.
To the end that widest cousidera-
tion may be given the rural credits
question as it relates to members OF
the council, subcommittee WAS
named to conduct a special study Of
pending Legislation of that class.
Members of This committee wers
authorized 1" go TO Washington a
week prior TO the opening of the De-
cember meeting and conduct a detail
ed survey Of rural credits bills await
ing congressional action.
Evening star., 1922-10-25
GERMANS ATTACK BELGIANs

BRUSSELS, October 25.-A party of
Relgian soldiers has been attacked and
wounded BY German civilians of Hon.
herY. nea1 AGors. Rhenish Prussia, ac-
eording ITO Sne Libre .Belgique. The
military police have taken up the case.
Evening star., 1922-10-25

On an average the blood flows 16S
miles through the body in one day.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-21
Glove Dealers 10 Pay $4,000
For Broadwav Corner store

Roy Schorick leased the store and
basement IN the Victoria Building. az
tho northeast corner OF Broadway and
Twcnty-scvcnth street, now occupied
by Muscr Brothers, 90 Wimbelbacher
& Rice. dealers in gloves Tor many
years AZ 30 Union Square. The lease
is for q long term and the store was
held OF $4,000 a year.
Henry shapiro & Co. have leased the
second loft at al6 Fifth Avenue TO
Blaeher Brothers as showroom for
iewolry and novelties. and a store on
the Thirty-second street side of the
same property 20 Dumas & Chayalas.
7. ". Clear & Co. leased the store AZ
22S West Twcrty-ninth Street, 20 the
Phillips Gas Saver and Carbon Remover
Company. and the castcrly basement AT
40 West Twonty-sccond Street 10 the
Universal Fixture Corporation.
James y. Wclls's Sons leased in their
now building. ~ West Twenty-thira
street and Thirteenth Avenue. 10000
square feet 20 the Morse Dry Dock ard
Repair Company: 10000 square feet "a
the Day Elder Motor Truck Company
10000 square feet 20 the Chadick
DeLamatcr Company dealers in motor
parts and accessories 10000 square
feet 70 the New York yellow Cab Sales
Agency. Inc. IN addition 20 space "a
the Panama Line and also oil the
starcs.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-21
Operators and Investors
Purchase Flats in Bronx

The Benenson Realty Company
houcht from client Of I. Klaner the
northwest corner Of Briggs Avenue and
lq7th Street. thrce-story building
containing eight stores ard eight
APARTMENTS, 25xl00.
Ward Bclknap & Son sold for Mar
rucrite +. Trcmpe 20 Lo~enield q
Prayer the hve-story apartments at
622SNi East i69th Street. 52xli2sx IT.
regular The house contains twenty
apartments.
Robert Foley sold 2s73 Briggs Ave
nue.. a four-story fat, 25xlOo, for Louis
Singer 20 Jacob Danenhauer.
The Valentine Realty Corporation
sold 70 Florence Rosenfcld the south
east corner OF Union Avenue and losth
Street. slx-story apartment ssX2lN
irregular. .
julius Trattrcr cold for a. Lutz the
Gye-story fat So East l5oth streei'
25xlOO.
Vol schattner sold 20 Arthur Clan
none q29 Whi.lock Avenue, three
story dwelling, 25xl00.
Ottcrbourg. Stcindicr & Houston
nurchased Tor ellen; from the Nor
land Mortgage Company a plot. 5012OO'
running through from Mosholu Park
way North 20 Gun Hi Road. $50 feet
north Of Gates Place, on which the
purchaser will erect dwelling and
garage.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-21
Business Building and Vacant
Sites i'm Bronx Sold

II. /. Phelps sold for Charles Rosa
the southeast corner OF Willis Avenue
and l36ih Street, a six-story business
building. 42xe2, to the Crotona Con
struction Company. which resold the
propertv 20 an investor through the
same broker. The building was held
at Sl050C0.
Herman A. Brand purchased for a
client the 75-foot plot on the south side
Of fremont Avenue. 25 feet east of
Walton Avenue, which will be i'm
proved with a store building.
Armstrong Brothers sold for Mari
eta II. Hull. who resides in North
Carolina. the plot 50xo4x52x3sx30x55
on the south side Of Kingsbridge Road
$50 feet north Of Fordham Road. 20
Samuel Garry, builder and operator.
who will erect stores on this site. Af.
Garry recently acquired the plot Of
over IS feet adjoining.
Jennie A. Carew sold % Ray Podell
the vacant plot ls65xi00. al tho
northeas; corner OF Union Avenue and
l6sth Street
The Cluett Building Corporation sold
20 Benjamin Sack the property. 30Xl00.
on the east side Of Webster Avenue,
l95 feet north Of lss Street.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-21
NatansOn Sells
Sixteen.StOry
Arena Building
Investor Gives Two Flats in
Part Payment for Business
Building Extending From
West 3lst TO 32d Street

Max y. Natanson has sold the Arena
Building. sixtccn-story store and
Office building At 80 and 81 west Sis,
9s and 40 West 32d street. 20 Victor
Weichman.
Thc buyer gave IN part payment IN,
two six-s,ory elevator apartments ~
225 and 22s Central Park West, on
plo, 4l.sxlOO ench. The commercial
buiid;nr wa, held At 81 100000 and the
apartments az S270.0OO.
Mr. Natanson bought the Arena Build-
ing with two larger West side apart
mcnt houses from Frederick brown N
April. 1920. Mr Brown IN turn had
ACQUIRED the properties few months
previous from Walter {. Noyes ana
Alfred C. Marlinr. receivers for the
American Real Estate COMPANY Inc
Arena fronts so feet on ols1 StIe,t
,rd zf4 feet on 32d Street Byrne &
bowman were the brokers in yester-
days transaction.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-21
Forty.niners Stake Claim
At the Punch and Judy

George {. Tyler is to take possession
ef the Punch and Judy Theater early
in November for the presentation Of
sketches and musical numbers. The
announcement, made yesterday for a
group which tentatively calls itself the
Forty Miners. promises unusual doings
a. the little playhouse Il admits
frankly that the success OF Balicfs
"Chauve -Souris" suggested the new un-
dertaking.
Some Of those who have promisci 10
contribute their efforts 20 the carly
programs are Haywood Broun. George
Ade, Harry Leon Wilson, Franklin P.
Adams. Dorothy Parker. Robert c.
Beachley. Montague Glass, Eugene
O'Neill. Booth Tsrkington, Arthur II.
Snmucls. George s. Kaufman and Mare
Connolly. Re latter two have been
chosen by Mr.. Tyler 20 prepare and
dire,t the programs. the first OF which
IS 10 be presented not later than No
y, mbcr u. The Forty-N.ners will pro-
cced according 20 no rule or schedule.
Icy will Try anything once, and invite
any one 10 write for or act in their
New-York tribune., 1922-06-21
Advertising Club
Organizes Better
Business Bureau
Announced Purpose to Pro.
mote High Standards of
Business Practice and In
crease Public Confidence

III. Better Business Bureau Of New
York City was incorporated yesterday.
Announcement Of the fact was made az
a meeting OF directors Of the Adver,is
ing Club Of New York. held In the club
headquarters, 81 East Twenty-hfth
Street
There will be two sections OF the
new organization. that devoted 10 IN
vestment and a merchandising section.
The former already has been organ
lied. The bureau will have the os-
sistance and co-oeration OF the nation
al vigilance committee Of the Assoei-
ated Advertising Clubs OF the World.
OF the better Business bureaus IN
ether cities. OF which thirty-six are
now operating. and Of the leading
business and financial associations
throughout the country.
The bylaws declare the purposes OF
.hc corporation 70 be 20 promote high
standards a business practice and
thereby increase public confidence in
business transactions; by instruction
and education 20 increase the investing
knowledge OF the American public. and
70 teach prospective purchasers Of Sc
curiti,ies % discriminate between loci-
Questionable investments on the other.
II is also proposed 20 investigate
and give publicity 10 aid in obtaining
such proper legal action as the pro
lection Of good business requires The
corporation will not be conducted for
gain or profit, but will bs supported
and maintained by membership fees
and voluntary contributions.
The directors arc D. K. Houston,
former secretary Of the treasury. now
president Of the Bell Telephone Seeur-
ties Company: r. T H. Halsey, gov
crnor of the New York stock Ex-
change; Russell r. Whitman. director
and chairman Of the Better business
Bureau OF the Advertising Club Of New
York: George W. Hodges former nrcsi-
dent of The lnvestmen. Bankers Asso..
citation: H. d Robbins. chairman o.
the National Vigilance Committee Of
the Associated Advertising Clubs o.
the World; Gates W. McGsrrarh.
chairman Or the board of the Nc
chsnics and Metals National Bank;
Lewis +. Pierson. chairman Of Tho
board Of the Irving National Bank
William II Barr. president Of the Ma
,ional Founders Association; J. G..
White. first viee-prcsident Of the Mer-
chants Association Of New York: II.
). Houston. chairman Of the board Of
trustees Of the National Vigilance
Committee Of the Associated Advertis-
inr Clubs of the World. and John
Pulleyn president Of the Emigrant In
dustrial Savings Bank.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-21
On the Screen
Don't Miss The Innocent
Cheat. Even the Subiitles
Are Highly Reminiscent
BY Harriette UnderhiI

"Oh. heli,7 literally sprinMed
through the sub-titles, and the fact
that the heroine arises In tho witness
stand and says. My husband is not
the father Of my child presumably
makes "The Innocent Cheat n realistic
and startling picture and the heroine
an untrnmmeled and noble woman VINO
has the courage Of her convictions.
Somebody told US not 20 miss this
picture when il came 20 tho Broadway
Theater. 50 yesterday VIC went 70 see
II. and our advice 70 everybody IS,
DO not miss this picture" II YOU do
not enjoy IL in one way you VIII m
another. Personally. we have not seen
anything in very long time that
pleased US so much. The sub-titlcs are
quite too marvellous 20 be genuine;
still we are convinced that they arc.
We had intended 20 bring some sam
pies away with us. and then We de-
cided that no sample could give any
idea Of their cloquenec' And all
through the picture We kept thinking
How Merton Of the Movies would
have loved this one" Nothing rs miss
ing-from You beast, don't touch
me- 70 "Out IN the big open space
where men we're men The ttIo
writer certainly has kept his eyes open
FOR nothing grandilooueni that has aP-
poared on the screen for Tho last ten
years is loft out of those titles
The story concerns girl wife who
longs for the big open spaces. while
she is compelled 20 ningle with society
in the East. Finally she goes 20 Can
ada and sees young eivll engineer
whom she likes, and she decides on The
spot 10 make him the father Of hei
next child. Then the next day sh'
runs away, and. heartbroken, the man
man" who loved her becomes but th'
mere shell Of a man, as she had becom'
the mere shell Of woman" In othei
words, he drinks. and lucky he was
say we, 20 be in Canada. But after I
few wears their little child, lispinI
DADDY" unites them Daddy" is still
in a pretty bad way from booze. but h
takes a shave and wins again the hear
Of the noble woman who had loved hin
ALWAYS because he was the father o
her child. Truly The Innocent Cheat
has been fesrfully and wonderful,
made.
Ben Wilson. who was not 80 long az
screen idol himself, directed the pic
ture. Roy Stewart is the he-man an
Kathleen Kirkham Is the noble cir
wife. Again VIC say, do not miss thi
pictured
New-York tribune., 1922-06-21
Monte6ore Home and Hospital
Again Adds to Bronx Holdings

The Montehore Home and Hospital
has added 10 is holdings in the vicin-
ity OF its home at Gun Hill Road and
Bsinbridge Avenue. The purchase in
wolves a site. i25xl00. on the west side
Of Steuben Avenue. 260 feet south Of
Gun Hill Road. The property was ac-
quired from Rosetta 81. Jane and Anna
Mclaughlin and Anna C. and Thomas
J. O'Connor Title was taken IN the
name Of the Montefore Hospital for
Chronic Diseases. Since the erection
Of the hospital a few years ago the
trustees Of the institution have made
several purchases adjacent to the hos
pital.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-21
Mace Estate in Bronx
To Go at Auction To-day

The estate of l.. II Mace, compris-
ing 100 lots in tho rBonx. owned for
many years will be disposed Of at auc-
tion to-day 10 tho Nesey Street sales
room by order Of 4. Hiekox, trustee.
Byian l.. Kennedy, Inc. will conduct
tho sale The lots arc on 230th. 23lst
and 232d streets. two blocks cast Of
White Plains Road, and on Brentwood
aud Pauldlng avenues.
Al the same sale other Mace estate
Holdings will hc sold on White Plains
Road. Eas, 2liih and 2l5th streets.
Lacoria and Pauld'ng avenues, Tilden
street. BronxWood Avenue Barlholcr
street, Wallace and Fish avenues. 2l9th
Street. 10 the Wiiliamsbridgc section.