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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-28
A Boon to Abandoned Wives.

A bill awaiting Governor MILLER S
action provides that a married per-
sons absence for five successive
years shall be ground for dissolu-
ton of the marriage on the presump-
ton that the absent husband or wife
is dead.
While this measure by it's form
avoids changing the rigid divorce
law of this State 1T gives to aban-
doned wives something like the priv
ilege that is theirs in most Of the
States. In New Jersey. for instance,
desertion for two years is ground
for divorce In all the New England
States except Rhode Island three
years desertion permits the aban-
doned mate to obtain freedom from
the marriage tie.
The bin before the Governor could
be better. 1t is move in the right
direction, but FIVE years is much
too long. Five years is large
fraction of the span OF life. When
a runaway husband has been gone
that length of time it is fair to as
sumo that he is dead or has NO
intention of returning, The world
is not as 1t was century ago. wien
travel and posts were slow and mari
tai conscience was more stable. There
are few genuine Enoch Ardens now.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-28
Corncobs.

This country produces millions OF
tons of corncobs every year and they
are now nearly all going to waste.
In a recent lecture ELTON r. DARLING,
professor OF chemistry at the James
Milliken University, Decatur, I'LL
nois, told of the uses to which they
may be put and their latent value in
industry.
with an aromatic odor, is usually OBJ
tanned from the distillation of bran
with dilute sulphuric acid. Professor
DARLING has obtained 1t from corn
cobs and he has demonstrated that 1t
may have profitable commercial pos
sibilities in the manufacture OF dyes.
Combined with dimethylaniline 1t
has been used in making a green
dyestuff corresponding to malachite
green. Professor DARLING has made
a deep and fast black dye from com
bining corncob furfural with sui
phur, and he is experimenting in the
production OF other colors from the
same source. He Is convinced that
corncob dyes can be made at a cost
which puts them in the rank OF com
mercial possibilities.
But this is only the beginning Of
the uses to which the now wasted
cobs may be put. The moving pic
lures come in for share in the
corncob benefit Cellulose made
from corncobs can be treated and
used in the manufacture of films. 1t
will also serve as filler for phono.
graph records as well as for sound
proofing between partitions. a bless
inx for city apartment dwellers. II
is also base for nitroglycerin. And
all this is saying nothing Of corncob
strip and corncob cattle food.
The war demonstrated only too
convincingly the agents Of destruc
ton which chemical wizards can
evoke. II is something in the nature
of relief to turn from these
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-28
Salvaging the Garfield.
The Panama Canal Wreckers Tackl,
Hard Job.
From the Pnnnmn Cnnnr Reonrd

FROM rne Pundfnd Canal RECORD.
The salvage section of the Panama
Canal has been engaged since the latter
part Of January in an effort to save the
American steamer Garfield of the Grace
Line. which Is aground in the Bay of
Galera de Zamba, on the coast of Co.
lombia about twenty-five miles to the
northeast of Cartagena. The work has
been difficult and hazardous on account
Of gales and rough seas over an area
of shallow water
Skirting the coast In the night the
master of the Garfield mistook the
Galera Point light for the Puerto Co.
lomblan light. Running into shoal
water. he dropped anchor, but the YES
sci. swinging around in the heavy seas,
dragged anchor and grounded astern.
Then the anchor carried away and the
Garfield was swept in toward land for
a distance of one and three-quarters
miles from the eighteen foot contour,
coming to rest in five feet of water, al
though she had been drawing fourteen
feet six inches in the open sea.
The task of the salvors Is TO bring
her out again across that distance to
deep water. To do this II has been
necessary to lay about $500 feet OF steel
ground cable, to be attached to anchors,
against which the Garfield can pull with
her own anchor engine and other
winches. The work has gone slowly on
account of the impossBbility of sending
competent equipment into the shadows.
The salvage steamer Favorite. going as
near as her master dared risk, has
grounded repeatedly and vessels of
lighter draft have been unable to handle
the work.
The Favorite lost her rudder last
week and the tug Tavernilla was dis
patched to tow her back to Cristobal
for repairs. Work on her is being rushed
at the Cristobal dry dock and upon
its completion she will return to the
Garfield.
The Garfield has cargo aboard, but so
far IL has not been necessary to jettison
II. Unless worse weather prevails Il
is expected that the ship will be saved
within the coming week.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-28
Have a Care With the Tariff.

One of the errors into which Con-
gress should not fall under any cir
cumstances will be to permit the new
tariff to go through without careful
scrutiny and fair discussion OF all
its provisions. This is a national
matter Of cardinal moment. Nothing
could be Of more Importance to the
home industries and home business
of the country than the customs
duties which unquestionably will be
enacted in one form or another at
this session of Congress. Nothing
could be OF more importance to our
foreign trade.
The country will suffer incalculable
confusion, hardship and loss il the
wrong tariff principles are adopted
or the wrong methods of applying
the principles are followed. Yet in
the hurry and turmoil Of the closing
days OF scramble session there al
ways will be chance that the meas
ure which finally becomes law will
receive neither the close inspection
nor the thorough debate that the
vital interests OF the country demand
in respect OF the tariff that is to
prevail during the rest OF the read
justment period of American indus
try and commerce.
There is grave danger. indeed.
that the tariff measure. momentous
though the issue be. may go through
by default, so to speak. Such en-
event, pregnant with national dis
aster, might come to pass In some
thing like the following way:
The House adopted the so-called
American valuation plan. about
which there is grave doubt not only
among American business men but
among Congress members them
selves. II adopted the American val.
uation plan virtually without debate
on the question and with probably
not one member in ten understand
ing what IL means or how II would
work
Apparently, on the other hand, the
Senate Committee on Finance will
report the measure with the foreign
valuation--the old method Of valua-
tomas the basic rule on which to
fix rates to be paid on dutiable i'm
ports. In all likelihood n this is
the scheme OF the committee the Sem
ate will pass the bill in that form.
But then the matter. the bill OF the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-28
CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT.

The Chamber Music Art Society Of
New York gave concert last night at
Town Hall. This body OF eleven
players-piano, strings. clarinet, flute.
oboe. bassoon and French horn-was
heard here for the first time early dur
ing the current season and won favor.
The program consisted Of Brahms's A
minor trio opus ia. for piano. clarinet
and cello; RoussePs advertisement"
for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet. bassoon
and French horn and Schubert's~ octet
in F. major, opus 166, for two violins,
viola. cello, doublebass, clarinet, bas-
soon and French horn. The Roussel
work is dedicated to the Societe Mod
err d'Instruments Vent. The pro-
gram afforded pleasurable variety.
The Brahms trio had much interest
as showing the composers treatment of
the instruments sor which it is written.
and it was played with clarity and
taste. This new body bids fair toward
becoming an important factor in the
local field Of chamber music. Its mem
bers are evidently devoted to their art,
and they play generally well. The audi
ence was of good size and enjoyed the
music performed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-28
CHARLES CARVER IN SONGS.

Charles Carver. basso cantante, gave
his annual song recital yesterday in
Aeolian Hall. Since he sang here last
year Mr.. Carver has won the prize OF
the Federated Music Clubs and toured
in concert with Mime. Matzenauer.
His program was of standard selec-,
ton and comprehensive in respect to
styles He i.sel his good voice with
much skill. his diction In English, Ger
man and French was praiseworthy and
he showed fine understanding of the
text. Some OF his tones were inclined
to harshness in his first groups, but
later, as his voice warmed up to its best
quality, this lack improved and thereby
his phrasing also became smoother. His
singing was much enjoyed.
He repeated Brahms's "Sapphic Ode"
and Laparra's "Das Pas de Sabots."
Two beautiful songs admirably sung
were Rachmaninov's I'm the Silence Of
Night" and THE Lord Is Risen."
Frank La Forge at the piano gave ex
cellent accomplishments and contributed
his two lyrics. Longing" and Heart
Mislaid," to the numbers in the list.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-28
Sizing Up the Atoms.
Volume, Not Weight, Held to BE the
Right Means of Comparison.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: I was
much interested in your editorial article
entitled Exploring the Atom"
l have been trying for some time
and with considerable success-to show
that this matter is on an entirely wrong
basis, the fundamental error being in
assuming that elements and atoms are
comparable by weights.
Weight is the measure of an external
force acting on the matter. Cohesion
is the measure Of an internal force act
ing within the body itself. Elements
are therefore comparable by their in
ternal force OF cohesion and by volu-
metric not by gravimetric units.
When a compound is subdivded into
its constituent elements it is simply
subjected to a sizing process, an ele-
ment being a group of atoms or units
all OF approximately the same size,
Volatile elements have large atoms,
while infusible elements have small
atoms; thus the atom of lead Is about
"a times the volume OF the nickel atom.
This is very easily determined by divid-
ing the weight to the cubic foot by the
atomic weight of these elements, thus
giving the number of atoms to the unit
OF volume.
I have prepared a pamphlet on this
subject in which there are two tables
giving the physical characteristics OF n
number of elements, first by gravimetric
and second by volumetric proportions.
From these II can be deduced that much
Of the speculation regarding different
atoms Is largely imaginary
The evidence would seem to be that
the tungsten atom is very small atom,
while the hellum atom is large atom
hence the difference in the cohesive force
of these elements as indicated by their
melting temperatures.
As the subject has not been fully
Investigated from the basis of equal
volumetric quantities of matter only
very crude approximations of the actual
conditions can be given. JOHN ROGER
NEW YORK, March 81.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-28
Winged Things.

All winged things
They rapture me:
The journeying bee.
The frail ephemerG
And the wide pinioned gull above the
sea.
All winged things
They thrall my mind;
The bat, day blind,
The unconfined
And hayward wildIng wanderer. the
wind.
All winged things &
They lure me so
Through them ! know.
Come gloom or glow.
How one day the freed soul OF me
shall go.
CLINTON SCOTLAND.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-28
Against Daylight Saving.
Some Connecticut Teachers Say IT
Is Bad for Their Pupils.

To THE NEW York HERALD: AS there
is a possibility Of a recurrence of that
calamity which has plagued this sec
ton of the country for four years. the
sc-called daylight saving time, steps
should be taken now to combat this
nefarious scheme.
It is we'll known that New York city
holds the key to the situation and by
being true to Gcd's time the whole east
ern seaboard will be relieved of living
under false and fictitious system that
was part of the legacy left by the late
war. 1t has worked untold hardships
upon all humanity.
The town teachers at recent meeting
voted unanimously in favor of standard
time on account of the so-called daylight
saving time being a drawback and a
detrment to the scholars. The motion
picture industry has done likewise.
MAURICE MINToN.
NoRwALK, Conn, March 81.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-28
TUESDAY. MARCH %. 1922.


If the reports we get on GEORGE W.
UPIoN are accurate, or even reason
ably accurate, Senator PoMERENE did
a good thing in opposing his nomina-
tion to the Federal Trade Commits
sion.
This commission needs able men
men who have demonstrated them
selves to be able. Men who are just
good enough for Government jobs are
not fit for Government jobs.
When the Government demands and
gets the same capabilities in its force
that private business and corpora
tions demand and get it will cut its
costs of operation in half if its force
works as many hours and works as
hard.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-28

revelations to the newer field of
chemical beneicence which Professor
DARLING's corncob experiments seem
to open up. 1t is among the POSSIBLE
tiles that pipe smokers may be hit.
There may result from corncob in
dustries such demand for or .-,.t
ions of tons of cobs that the price Of
Missouri meerschaums will become
prohibitive. but as long as the Amer
lean forests last there should be no
shortage in the supply of imported
brier roots.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-28
The Lost Eurydice.
Similar Fate of Two Naval Officers
Bearing the Same Name.

To THE NEW York HERALD: have
still a very vivid recollection of the
gloom that spread over the British Med
iterranean fleet when the news of the
loss OF the training ship Eurydice
reached us as we lay at anchor off the
city OF Ismid, Asiatic Turkey. at which
time we were on watch for developments
from the war then raging between Rus
sia and the Ottoman Empire.
I am of the opinion that "O'G.'s" state
ments that mot soul was saved" mot
a vestige remained" is not quite correct.
because after the squall had passed over
and the atmosphere became clear the
royal yards. with sails still set, OF the
sunken Eurydice were plainly seen above
the surface of tho waters. and these after
ward proved a guide for those employed
in raising the vessel and towing her into
Portsmouth dockyard. Also I am of the
opinion that at least two OF the crew
were saved. an A. p. named CONNER
ford, with whom / was shipmates after
ward. and an ordinary seaman whose
name I do not recollect. The A. BIS
narrative OF his experience OF being in
the cold water for some length OF time
after the ship went down. while inter-
esting. was not very pleasant to hear.
I also remember peculiar coincidence
in regard to Captains Strings death, for
about eight years prior to his death
another Commander Stirling, a cousin,
I believe, met a similar fate. The latter
left the shores OF the United States
on a steam packet homeward bound, and
that steamship. the City OF Boston,
believe the name was, has never been
heard of since the day she sailed.
! also remember almost word for
word the account given by one OF the
newspapers of the day OF the loss OF
the Eurydice. 1t portrayed how majes-
tcally the vessel was gliding over the
waters under full sail and with favor
ing breeze, what n grand picture II made
for the Sunday afternoon promenaders
on the white cliffs OF the Isle OF Wight.
The younger generation of these days
is not aware OF the splendid picture
made by large man of war sailing
over the waters with all it's snow white
sails set and it's checkered sides OF
black and white cleaning In the sun
shine but we of the older generation,
old fossils we may be. do know and
miss those lovely sights.
/ hope "O'G." will not be offended
at my corrections OF his letter. Criti-
czing another who sailed the seas as far
back az tho year 1889 Ia the last thing
would attempt That was the very
year when hrst became acquainted
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-28
Through the Bars of His Cell.

Organized labor in general could
do nothing better for itself than to
denounce the exhibition of last Sun
day which showed how completely
BRINDELL, from his cell in Sing Sing,
still rules the men he robbed and
used as dupes.
The convict's former organization,
the local branch of the Carpenters
and Dockbuilders Union, refused to
readmit to it's membership AUGUST
HoLMsTRoM, a constructor who was
expelled from the local by BRINpELL S
order because he protested against
BRINDELL's putting the union funds
in his own pocket.
To add to the shame Of the occa-
sion and the triumph of BRINpELL
many of the men at the meeting
booed and Kissed SAM UNrERMYER,
the man who showed organized labor
where it's worst enemies were; the
man whose war in behalf of cheaper
and better housing should have COM
mended him to every laboring man.
UNTERMYER went before the union
to plead the cause of HoLMsTRoM.
the workman bounded for years by
BRINDELL; but there was no justice
in the air: The meeting that should
have expelled BRINDELL and rein
stated HoLMsTRoM cheered BRINDELL
and refused to accept HoLMsTRoM
Is such conduct as this mere blind
ness and ignorance on the part of
this particular local union? Is it
the expression of false sense Of
loyalty to a man who has been
shown up as thief and a black
mailer? Or is it unfortunately a
sign that the men who cheered
BRINDELL and obeyed the orders from
Sing Sing are in accord with the
shameful conduct of the convict
whose power and authority are still
undiminished?
The Sunday meeting had it's hour
jeering at BRINDELLs foes, but what
it did will not meet with approval
among wise and honest men in or
ganized labor. They will realize the
truth of SAM INTERVIEWS words.
'If your constitutions and bylaws
permit you to exercise the autocratic
power of driving a man out into the
streets and giving him no redress in
the courts or elsewhere they will
have to be changed. If you do not
voluntarily change them the State
will have to do so by regulating and
restricting the powers of the union
had hoped, and still hope, that this
may be avoided. but a few more in
stances like this and there will be
torrent of public Indignation against
this form of autocracy and neither
the labor politician nor any other
form of politician will be able to
withstand the tide
The public had Ugh OF BR1SpErI
before he was put in prison for his
brazen grating Now it is getting
a dose of the poison which he still
exudes through the bars of his cell.
What does the mass of organized
labor think of the men who still ad.
minister BRrNpELL's poison for him?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-28
EVENTS TODAY.

The Truth About the Disabled Veteran"
Will be discussed at mass meeting under
the auspices OF the American Legion. Town
Hall, 1873 West Forty-third street, p. M.
Edward Bjorkman. lecture, Thought
Versus Action" Town Hall, II A. M.
New York division, National Council OF
Lighting Fixture Manufacturers. luncheon,
Hotel Commodore, ~ 80 r. NJ.
Trade Association executives, luncheon
Hotel McAlpin, 1880 p. NJ
Theater Owners Chamber of Commerce,
luncheon, Hotel Astor. p. M.
Society for Political Study. luncheon. Hotel
Astor, p. M.
Dgana League, meeting. Belasco Theater.
2:30 p. M.
women's Pro-League Council, meeting.
womap's University Club, 1o5 East Fifty
second street, 2. NJ.
Magnus w. Alexander will discuss ''The
Truth About the Wage Situation" before the
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, Long
Island City, p. NJ.
Traffic Club. ter and meeting, Waldorf.
Astoria. $3.50 T. y.
rs Social Work Making Good in New
York;" will be discussed al n dinner az
Better Times. Hotel Pennsylvania, p. NJ
School Boys of Old Harlem. dinner. Hotel
Commodore, p. NJ.
Or. Horace NJ. Kallen, lecture, THE Oh.
solescenee Of the Constitution" Cooper
Union, r. NJ.
international Geneva Association. annual
ball. Hotel Pennsylvania p. NJ.
American Wholesale Garment Association,
meeting. Hotel Pennsylvania. s,P. NJ.
Linnaean Society of New York, meeting,
American Museum of Natural Historv
Seventy street and Central Park
West. s:B p M.
Wall Street women's Club. meeting, Hotel
Pennsylvania. S:i5 +. M.
DR.. Talcott Williams, lecture, "America's
Relations with Turkey" Broadway Taber-
nacle forum. Broadway and Fifty-sixth
street, s:15 r. NJ.
Joseph Lewis lecture, 1.-THE Bible: the
Nemesis of Mankind" New York University
Philosophical Society, Washington Irving
High School. Irving place and Sixteenth
street. S:15 p. NJ.
Fraternal Association of Musicians con-
cert meeting Ethical Culture Society build
ing. West Sixty-fourth street, 8 $50 p Nj
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-28
care You a Buffalo,"
A Present Craze Recalls Similar
Society OF Full Grown Men.

To THE New YORK HERALD: ! have
been reading with great deal of amuse-
ment the accounts in THE NEW York
HERALD of the Society Of Shutters. How
ever, our children are not the only
fools. Do you remember the Buffalo
Society that fiourished back in 1901,
especially among the sincere and earn
est drinkers. at that time most of the
voters?
Upon expressing a desire to join a
candidate was asked for eleven cents.
and no matter what he produced never
received any change He got that back
when he started to initiate members
himself The rules were always to use
the left hand in lifting a drink and to
buy round If you used the right hand.
The Bl,faloes had one good point !:
the society taught a great many that
the left hand was for use and not sim
ply for ornament.
A society OF that kind would have
hard Shedding these days.
Troy, March %. c. HOWARD NASH.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-28
1t Was a Mud Puppy.
The Strange Creature Found In the
Niagara River.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The sup
posed strange creature from the Niagara
River. mentioned in THE New York
HERALD OF March 22 as having the head
OF a lizard and the tail of a fish with
feet like the human hand, Is we'll
known and common inhabitant of the
rivers and lakes of the middle West and
the great lakes region.
1t is commonly called mud puppy or
Menobranchus. of the genus Necturus Of
naturalists. 1t is a large sala.mander
that retains through life the tail OF a
tadpole and permanent external gills on
the neck.
The ears" covered with chairs" re-
ferred to are the external gills. An
illustration of II is given In webster's
International Dictionary under Memo
branchus. A. r. VEBRrIL.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. March 81.