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The New York herald., 1922-01-05
A Four Year Chase Ends.

District Attorney SwASN's Office
did belated act of common sense
when it went into court on the last
day of Mr.. SWANS term and moved
the dismissal of the indictments
against WILLIAM HAMLIN CHnDs;
and Justice WAGNER will have public
approval for granting the motion.
The Childs case was a good exam
pie of political party baying on the
trail of one Of it's opponents while
making no inimical move in the di-
rection of persons in its own camp
who had done as bad or worse. The
pursuit of MIR. CHrLps with indict-
ments for alleged technical violations
of the law relative to campaign ex-
penses has been four year chase Of
which the people became weary.
That the chairman Of the Mitchell
campaign committee should have
been indicted because one of his sub
ordinates neglected to itemize expen.
dltureS or Sll,5UO can De explained
only by the fierce political temper Of
the day.
No wise man will contend thai
the amount Of money spent in the
Mitchell campaign should be spent
in any city election. That very cam
paign was a good example Of the
futility of campaign funds when
strong adverse political currents are
running. But the collection and
spending Of million dollars was
not the act for which Mr.. CHTLDs
was indicted, although his activity
as 3 manager started the proceed.
ings which, while called prosecution.
took on. in the public eye. the ap-
pearance Of persecution.
The New York herald., 1922-01-05

because "every time l gave the pub.
lie a square deal" She took to
steamboatlng from true enjoyment
OF it, but in recent years she gave
more attention to the social duties
which her large acquaintance im-
posed. Memphis likes to tell Of her
attending an afternoon tea and then,
putting on her oilskins and rubber
coat, going down to the docks and
experimenting the loading of her
boats. Her language may have
lacked the peculiar forcefulness Of
that of the river bosses. but no cap
tain got more work than she did out
of her crews
AT the time OF her death Captain
NETTIE JOHNSON was the only woman
who had a pilots and captains
license for operating steamboats, on
the Mississippi River. With her
passing the big river lost most
picturesque character. And there
appears at present no successor to
her among the women of the
Mississippi Valley.
The New York herald., 1922-01-05
Captain Nettie Johnson Passes.

III those romantic Mississippi River
days OF which he wrote go interest
ingly aud which he so heartily en-
joyed Mark Twain perhaps never
imagined that one Of his successors
in the steamboat pilot house would
be woman--a woman with mas
ter's and pilots license, a woman
who would be q boat builder and
owner Of a river packet line and
who would know every crook and
turn and every humor Of the treacher-
Gus old Father of Waters as well as
any man who ever stood at steam
boat wheel. That woman came, sue
ceeded beyond the expectation Of
even her friends and passed away a
few days ago; to Memphis, where she
lived. she was Mrs. I. f. JOHNSON.
and to every river man from captain
to roustabout she was Captain
NErTIE JOHNSON.
Even as a girl the Mississippi had
a strange fascination for her. Soon
after her marriage she went with
her husband to operate small packet
line OH the ST. Francis and White
rivers. She was fond Of the business
and she returned to Memphis and
built boat OF her own, to which she
gave her name. Then she applied to
the Federal steamboat inspectors for
a pilots license. She knew the
streams on which she had travelled
as she knew the way around her
house, she knew thoroughly the
pilots duties. and besides she knew
al the Federal laws governing river
navigation. There was nothing else
to do but to grant her application.
At first the license was limited to the
tributaries OF the Mississippi. but it
was extended in few months to this
river above and below Memphis.
The Nettie Johnson sank on a
winter night in 1913; IL was caught
In an ice foe on the st. Francis and
big cake dug q hole in the hull.
When all her crew. her dog and her
cat were taken off, and the water had
reached the pilot house, Captain NEr.
TIE got into the lifeboat and strug-
gled With the ice the remainder OF
the night to get to the shore. She
replaced the lost boet and increased
her feet. At the time of her death
she had steel boats on the ways and
was the owner of several large boats
on the Mississippi and smaller boats
and ferries on It's tributaries.
She was not ayerse 90 taking
pert in any OF the packet line wars
OF the lower Mississippi. As she was
one Of tho best Informed perHps in
the business on river coldi;kag she
usually won. She won, sne saio.
The New York herald., 1922-01-05
A Dilemma in Mems Dress.

For more than four years--;n fact.
since the United States entered the
war-one OF the puzzles of men has
been the way to dress in the evening.
The coming Of the war made it
fashionable, as il were, not to be
fashionable. Men who had been In
the habit Of wearing full dress at
every social function at night fell
back on the dinner coat, which was
regarded as something less gay and
more economical-and those were
the days when everybody was
warned against squander. Men who
were used to donning dinner coats
for the theater went in business
suits. All along tho line there was
a general retreat from the finer and
more careful standards.
Peace has returned, but the pre-
war customs in mems evening attire
have not come back. OF course the
man who is going to the opera or to
q very large dinner wears the swai-
lowtail and it's accompauiments: but
when he is asked to something a
trife less formal he finds himself
wondering. If he wears full dress
is he not likely 10 be in the mi
nority? If he wears dinner coat
may he not find himself the only
man in the party thus attired? There
is only one way OF putting his trou-
bled mind at ease and that is by In
terrogating his prospective host.
The present mode In formal dress
is that of wartime. and it is not only
@ careless mode but one which cre-
ates dilemmas. Either men should
return to the more rigid ceremonial
garb Of other years or a way should
be found of indicating to them in
invitations what they are expected
to wear. Possibly the first of these
ways is the easier as we'll as the
more satisfactory.
The New York herald., 1922-01-05
Cleaning Public Monuments.

To THe new YORK HERALD: A word
Of inquiry about the process OF cleaning
public monuments in New York city.
During the Columbus celebration few
months ago the monument at Columbus
Circle was cleaned to the extent OF
securing the column surnounted by a
etatue of the discoverer, the steps at
the base also being scrubbed. But g.
principal part Of the memorial. the mar
BILE figure of an angel. was left un-
touched and is as dirty as ever, with
one side of the face and the under parts
Of one wing strcahed in an unsightly
manner.
Several weeks ago o small scaffolding
was erected about the foremost figure
at the base OF the Maine monument, op-
posite the Columbus column. During the
ensuing period all that has been accom-
plshed is the securing Of one figure and
part of the base upon which It stands.
1t Is to re hoped that the wreath miss
Ing from the left hand will be replaced
as originally completed.
Further up town. at Broadway and
Seventy-thrd street. during several
weeks past scaifoldins has Enclosed
the Verdi monument. during which period
the statue of the composer has been
partially cleaned, although his right ear
and the under part Of his frock coat arc
still ludicrously dirty. Part Of the fe-
male figure on the base beneath has
been cleaned, but two fingers have been
broken from the hands.
Who is responsible for these proceed
ings? LEONARD LESTER.
NEW YORK, January 4.
The New York herald., 1922-01-05

ton and By the Skagway line S107
a ten. The new railroad rates are
S75 ton.
These railroad rates were in effect
more than two months ago, when
there were gaps in the new route due
to unfinished bridges and incomplete
trackage, which involved expensive
portage. BY next summer. when the
352 miles Of rail from Anchorage to
Fairbanks is in complete working
order. further reductions may be
anticipated.
In passenger transportation two
week dog sledge journey has been
reduced by the railroad to COM
Portable twenty-four hour ride. This
will mean in the not distant future
a large tourist travel. The impress
sive grandeur OF the scenery all
along the route is alone enough to
insure this. Add to the tourists the
business travellers and the immigrants
who may be counted upon as the
wealth and opportunities Of Alaska
become better known and more gen.
orally available, and the new Alaska
railroad, during the summer months
at least, should do profitable pas
senger business.
Fairbanks is now town OF about
1000, with probably about 1900 more
in the agricultural settlements near
it. Its rapid growth from the rail
road stimulus is as inevitable as 1t is
inevitable that other sizabie COM
munities will spring up along the
line from Fairbanks southwark to
the coast.
The New York herald., 1922-01-05
A Dollar That Tuznbles.

The new silver Peace Dollar is in
circulation, and although it does
not carry the emblem of the broken
sword there is objection to it on
grounds less sentimental. The dollar
won't pile up. OF course, in general
way, that has been one Of the COM
plants about all dollars since money
was invented; but dollars Of the past
have failed to stack because Of the
owners poor luck or lack Of thrift.
In the case of the Peace Dollar the
design itself is to blame. The head
of Liberty IS in high relief and the
edges are not nilled.
New Workers will not suffer from
the change, for silver dollars are
pecunia non grata on this part of the
earth. Further west there is a pas
sion for cartwheels. 1t begins in
Buffalo in mild way and increases
in ratio clear to the Pacific coast.
The West likes good, hard, clinking
dollar. 1t Is sort OF empnatlc, ike
the Western hat and the Western.
or badger, haircut. So most OF the
1S0, 100000 Peace Dollars will go
West, there to be slapped noisily
upon the frontier soda water bars
and the window lodges Of motion pic
ture ticket Offices.
The Treasury is already hearing
from the banks about the new dollar
and its slipping tendencies. 1t will
not hear 80 directly from enraged
Western poker players. A tall stack
Of silver dollars on green table is a
pretty sight. The new dollar is a
blow at strictly cash games in re-
gions where poker and silver dollars
are still fashionable.
The New York herald., 1922-01-05
Farrar as Zaza at the Metropolitan
Leoncavallo's Opera Sung With De Luca, Crimi an
Mime. Howard Her Associates in the Cast.

Mrs. w. Fcllowes Morgan and Mr.. Rob-
ert Bridges were in Box 4.
Mrs. Percy Fearn. Mrs. Bradford
Weekes and Mr.. Nicholas +. Lenssen
were with Mr.. and Mrs. E. Reeve Mer-
ritt In Box 9.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Robinson ana
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Rosen were MEM
bers of the party In Box IL.
In Box 80 were Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
n. Potter and Mr.. and Mrs. William b.
Bristow.
In Box 10 were DIR. and Mrs. Howard
Collins and Mrs. Clarence c. Campbell.
The party in Box included Mrs.
Henry Sanford, Mr. and Mrs. Grosvenor
Nicholas, Miss Eleanor Lawrence lie
Roy and Mr.. Sylvio Villa.
The New York herald., 1922-01-05
Cotton Report Reform.

The figures given out by the
Bureau Of Crop Estimates at Wash
ington, which for several months
prior to its final report in De-
cember indicated cotton crop
million and more bales short
Of the actual yield, have resulted in
severe criticism Of the bureau from
English spinners. Early in October
the bureau predicted crop of only
6,50O,000 bales. In December the
final figures revealed crop OF $780,
900 bales, exclusive of linters, which
will mean an actual commercial yield
Of about 100000 bales. The Lon
don Economist has this to say.
"4ili people, interested in cotton
supplies have been very seriously
misled by the inaccuracy of the in
formation published. During Sep
tember there was an important rise
in prices on bad crop reports, and 1t
is OF interest TO mention that even
sell freely at tne higher values, as IT
was believed that rates would go still
higher before the enc of the season.
Lancashire traders are dl5gusted at
the state OF affairs. and undoubtedly
statistics from the United States Gov
eminent in the future relating to cot
ton will be discredted."
Another sample OF criticism is the
following from the Manchester Guar
dian Commercial, publication cspe-
cially close to the English cotton
trade:
"It IS clear that such estimates are
a fruitful source of danger They
only serve 70 mislead the market and
70 prevent cotton from finding It's
economic price level. For some time
to come the market will have lost all
confidence in the bureau, and 1t would
be better If that body were to conflne
itself TO the publication OF 10 more
than the actual acreage figures and
the crop condition.
The latter suggestion is TO the
point. The bureau formerly confined
its reports to acreage and condition
without attempting to forecast the
actual yield. It's efforts to prophesy
the final crop IN bales have proved
worse than useless.
The New York herald., 1922-01-05
Memorials to Sportsrnen.

The establishment Of memorials to
the late HoRARr BAKER and CHARLES
L. APPLETON. both Of whom gained
friends and fame in amateur sport,
will meet With general approval.
+ HoBEY BAKra, ss he was known
to his intimates. had a powerful infiu-
ence on college athletics, and Prince
ton does we'll to honor him by the
erection Of building which will be
devoted to ice hockey, a game In
which he excelled. Few better play
ers have been seen on the ice in
many years and no player has sur
passed him in sportsmanship. His
skill with the stick was very great,
and he will always be ranked among
the best exponents Of the game.
II was as a deyotee of racing,
principally cross-country, that Mr..
APPLETON was best known, though
ne took a keen interest in polo and
other games. While his interest was
largely confined at one period to
amateur horse racing, he was always
Jealous In any enterprise which
had for it's object the improve
ment of the thoroughbred and the
betterment OF the turf. Steeplechas-
ing had q specisl charm for him, and
II is fitting that the memorial estab-
lished by his friends and the West
chester Racing Association should
take the form Of cross-country con-
test. Its annual running and its en-
dowment with a trophy will serve
TO remind his successors Of fine
sportsman.
The New York herald., 1922-01-05
The Singing Heart.
frnveler on tho road

I spake traveller on tho road
Who smiled beneath his leadcn load,
"iIow play you such blithesome part %
"Comrade, bear singing heart"
7 questioned one whose path with pain
In the grim shadows long had lain,
"IIow face you thus llfc's thorny
gmart?"
"Comrade. 7 bear singing heart"
I cried o.7~ whom adversely
Could not make yield the hardy knee.
How such brave seeming? Tell tho
art ="
"Comrade, bear a singing heart y
Friend. best be thou II thou cznst say,
Upon the Inevitable way
whcreon we fare. cans guide cr chart
"Comraie. I bear singing heartl'
CLIhxox SCOTLAND.
The New York herald., 1922-01-05
EVENTS TO-DAY.

cordcli Hull. chairman OF the Denocrs-is
National con.nittce, VIII he the chief gucst
at tho annual JaclSson Day dinner OF t-e
Tennessee Society In New Yorl, fIo.e: Conf
modore. Z r. NJ.
headquarters Of the commission. 40 Lafayette
street. 1850 A. NJ.
vssrar College Alumnas OF the netropoli-
Club: i06 East Fffty-second street. 1880
Ogden L. a..iIs VIII discuss the tarivf bal
and other Congressional matters at . lunch
con meeting Of the Womers Harding anG
Coolidge club, Hotel Marie Antoirette. u go
Prince Tokusaws VIII b. chief guest q. .
meeting OF the Chamber OF cornnerc OF tsie
american society OF Civil Engineers, meet.
ings. Engineering Societies Building, 70 Weft
Tsryninth ana street son,as SssnHg lG AID ~
LEGISLATION and Finance will he discussed.
New York Academy Of Medicine, annual
meeting. IL West Forty-thi-d street SEQ
Miss Janet Richards will lecture on "ropics
Of the Hour before the E,y Club. Hotel
Harry Hof, VIII speak on "Job Anais.is
ard JOB spscitiest,ons. before the Bureau
sisiies. Building, 20 West Thlrty.ninti street.
Hearing by State Commission on. Child
Twenty-second street, 2 80 r. NJ.
Prof. J. Duncan spaeth viii SPEAK on
aur on IN s rs S Poss
and Poetry" Brooklyn Institute Of Arts and
sciencos. Academy OF Music, s:f5 +. ~.
Alfred W. McCern, Or. George w. Clark
and DR.. st. Louis Estes Will speak AZ
meeting under the auspices Of the American
Academy OF Applied Dental Science at tho
De Witt Clinton High School, Tenth avenus
and Fifty-ninth street, 8 r. N.
Educational problems viii be discussed a.
meeting OF teachers. Horace Mann Audi
torium. Columbia University. broadway and
120th street, p. ~.
National Health Council. meeting. $40 Sew
enth avenue, $3.50 y. NJ.
American Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, annual meeting. head.
quarters of the society. Madison avenue aud
Twenty sixth street, p. NJ.
Rotary Club, luncheon. Hotel McAlpin.
40 J.. NJ.
Athene Club. meeting ard luncheon. VAL
dcrf-Astoria. beginning ~ A. M.
Mrs. Jackson Fleming VIII lecture on For.
eisn Affairs IN Relation to tho United
States, Town Hall. i.s West For'y-'h'rd
Annual memorial service In honor OF Or.
Edward McCiyun, Bowery Mission. =. NJ.
Umbrella Manufacturers Association of
America. meeting, Hotel Pennsylvania. $3.50
Southland Club will hold memorial services
In honor OF Mrs. Simon Beruch, waldorf
Nebraska society of New YORK. dinner.
Cafe boulevard. Z a. NJ
American Designers Association. nrcetire.
Hotel Fennsyivauin, 2 y. NJ.
Associated Motion Picture Advertisers,
luncheon. Cafe Boulevard. j. ".
The New York herald., 1922-01-05
DR.. Lorenz's s Critics.
Medical Ethics as Barrier to Aid
Ing Crippled Children.

To TIE New YORK HERALD: Having
read the unjust criticisms by New York
physicians of Or. Lorenz allow me IN
reply to say that. as we all know. DR..
Lorenz voluntarily came to this country
to offer his services in aiding crippled
children in return for the aid that this
country rendered Austria after the war.
DR.. Lorenz did not come here to show
his medical skill and fiout II In the face
OF our scientists. But he did come on
the errand OF Good Samaritan. And
now we presume DR.. Lorenz will return
home and the crippled children will be
allowed to suffer In order to appease
the devotion to medical ethics OF some
members of the New York medical pro-
fession. Is this In accord with the great
American spirit we hear about so much
to-day?
Are tho American people going to
allow a few physicians to drive out OF
the country man who by his marvel
Gus skill in bloodless surgery can
alleviate some OF the suffering and glad
den the hearts Of young children by
giving them back the use OF their arms
or legs. which would enable them to
enjoy life unhampered by useless or
crippled members?
Perhaps il some OF DR.. Lorenz's
critics would spend more time in study
ing DR.. I,orenS's method and less time
In unjust criticism they might some day
aspire to the high standards Of charac-
ter and ideals possessed by DR.. Lorenz.
FRED A. ROGERS.
EoBoKEN. January 4.
The New York herald., 1922-01-05
Fighting Poliomyelitis.
Important Points in Protecting Com.
munlties From the Disease.
D.. Simon F.erner b, Rco,,h "

d.. Simon FierEer IA Rcoith Wears.
Not since 1907 has the United States
wholly escaped summer visitation OF
epidemic poliomyelits. Every summer
since that sateful year when the disease
was brought to America from north
western Europe have cases appeared in
one state or another. The center OF at
tack, as 1t were would shift year by
year. SO that first one section and then
another Of the country would show
many more cases. On the whole, the
Eastern States have suffered most.
The disease reached a great climax In
the United States in 1918, when the
cases IN New York State alone ran into
the thousands. Since that time there
has been lull. but the experiences OF
the past summer show that the crisis IL
not yet over. The disease has again
been widespread throughout the coun-
try. although the number OF cases In
any one State or region. aside from the
Utica district. has not been large. The
great significance OF this summers OUT
break relates 20 vsiat may happen next
summer.
The price OF success IN protecting
communities from, tine disease Is vigil
lance in seeking to detect the FIRST cases
and especially In discovering the atyp-
ical. non-paralytic or abortive cases
nlasaueradlng as mere fcbrile affections
or as meningitis. and keeping them un-
der strict isolation until their real ma
ture is disclosed or danger OF commute
nication has passed
With present knowledge OF the nature.
pathology and manner OF personal COM
mun!catloD OF epidemic poliomyelitis
grasped. we should readily succeed IN
dispelling from the minds Of the lay pub
lie ali notion OF any mysterious agency
concerned In its production and dissent
nation; and with an equally clear con-
ccption OF the natural tendency of the
LESSONS in the spnal cord to heal grad
ually, we can be hopeful either OF COM
plete restoration, or at least partial.
and usually material. Improvement in
paraiyyed parts.
BY keeping this important fact be-
fore lis and when necessary. imprcssing
II upon the minds Of parents and others.
not only will mental suffering be nnti-
gated. but the best interests Of the COM
nlunity will be served In combating the
extravagant claims OF irregular prac-
titioners and saving patients from In
Jury by intudicious treatment.
The New York herald., 1922-01-05
Iron Horses in Alaska.

Although 1t has been open for
freight and passenger transportation
only short time. Alaska's new rail-
road. from Seward on the south coast
to Fairbanks in the north, has al
ready made a sharp cut in living ex-
penses all the way to its northern
most terminus. The cost Of beef in
Fairbanks has been reduced by %
cents q pound. Oats that u month or
SO ago sold there for $40 "A ton may
now be bought for $40 ton. Flour
and other staples have fallen proper.
tlonately.
The causes are obvious. They are
almost exclusively due TO reduced
cost OF transportation. For this. of
course, the new railroad alone Is to
he thanked. Tho freight rate on hay,
grain and potatoes from Seattle to
Fairbanks by way OF st. Michael and
the Yukon River was formerly $40 a
ton. by way OF Skagway and the
White River and Yukon Railroad il
was $50 ton. In carload lots the
new railroad will carry the commod.
ities to the same destination for $50
ton. For mining and agricultural
machinery the freight rates over the
old routes we're respectively $40 and
$50 a ton. The new railroads rate
Is $40 ton. On dry goods, groceries,
boots, shoes an'l, clothing the ST
Michacl.Yukon River rate was $50 O