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The New York herald., 1922-09-01
The Governments Job.

The Governments job in the rail-
road shopmen's strike begins and
ends with keeping order.
With order maintained it is up to
the railroad managements so 10
handle their roads that the American
public will get the kind of service II
has right to expect and to demapd.
The public knows that so far the
railroads, in spite Of the shopmen's
strike, in spite of violence and at
tempts at intimidation, have been
moving the trains.
The public therefore takes with a
grain of salt the report of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission inspec-
tors that many engines are defective.
1t reads alongside that report the
declaration OF Chairman LoREE OF the
Eastern railway Presidents that the
sensational report is subject to dis
count because the inspectors are
members of the labnr unions, Mr.,
LoREE's still more important an
nouncement that in fifty-seven davs
of July and August the railroads
added 92,9S2 men TO their shop
forces and, finally, Mr.. LoREE's state
ment that the roads have in reserve
4,9iS locomotives and 153,SS0 freight
cars, all in good condition
As for the strikers demand. that
President HARDING appoint 1000
more inspectors of equipment, 1t Is
grotesque 1t would be unfair If the
Government, through the Commerce
Commission or its employees or any
other agency, should throw its weight
in favor of either side in this strug
gle. The railroads are responsible
for accidents, and If they allow their
equipment to run down and thus de-
lay the transportation Of freight and
passengers they will be held to
their responsibility by the American
people,
II half the engines in the country
are defective, as the inspectors re-
ports would try to make out, what
prevents the railroads from be-
ing paralyzed by breakdowns and
wrecks? There are no miracles in
transportation.
The less Government interference
there is in the railroad strike the
greater the assurance that the strike
will be ended soon and settled right.
The New York herald., 1922-09-01

that one was a seller. The owner, a
young bachelor, leaned on the fence and
praised his standing crop of grain which
would go with the property. When
wanted to look inside of the house he
hadn't the key.
You see I don't live In the house.
Can't get no woman to cook for me. 80
l board at the next farmhouse" he
explained. I didn't buy that farm.
If young people with imagination, no
experience and scant cash wish to buy
a farm let them do 1t as Thoreau
bought the Hollowell place. The pur-
chaser's own account os,it is graphic:
''The nearest / came to actual possess
sion was when I bought the Hollowell
place Before the owner could give me
a deed of II his wfe-every man has
such wife-changed her mind, and
he offered me $40 to release him. / re-
tairied the landscape and have since car
ried off what 1t yielded without a wheel
barrow" FINDLAY SAcKETr
SUMMIT, N. j., August 81.
The New York herald., 1922-09-01
Open Air Schools.
ii Good for Sicily Children why Not
I for HcnlthY Chlldren?-

To THE NEW York HERALD There is
some talk OF closing pubiic schools In
NeN York city when cold weather comes
ii there is coal shortage. This seems to
me most III advised and short sighted.
For years the advantages OF open air
schools for pupils suffering from certain
diseases have been recognized. Here In
New York, In all the suburban towns
ana IN many other progressive settle
ments the open air schools have come
70 be highly valued institutions. The
children who attend them ale dressed
warmly 10 Withstand the fisots of even
The coldest weather. ard 1t has been
proved by the records made IN these
schools that the children In them match
thelr brothers and sisters taught in
doors in the progress they make In their
studies, while their health shows great
Improvement.
The treatment that Is beneficial fer
sici5iy children certainly would not in
jure healthy children properly protected
against wind aid low temperature.
Consequently all that is necessary 10
do Is to throw open the windows OF
seasonably clad and let them go on at
their studies, perhaps with occasional
periods OF exercise to send the blood
racing through their bodies. Medical
supervision would soon disclose any child
for whom this regime was harmful. and
Il could be excused from attendance or
assigned to one of a number of school
rooms heated especially for such cases.
1t may be said that heavy expense
will be put on the parents to provide
the warm clothing needed by the chill
dreh iii open air school rooms. but It
Is plain thatff the coal situation is such
that the city cannot get fuel to warm
its school buildings there will not be
enough coal in the homes of the people
TO keep them warm and they will have
to have the warm clothes anyhow.
There are certain services in every
large building which require steam to
keep them up In order to make the
buildings habitable and safe. The pro-
posal put forward for open air schools
presupposes that the city will be able
to get coal in sufficient quantity at least
to maintain these essential services. If
the city is not able to do this its in
habitants had better desert It and move
to farms. on which, though the advan-
tages Of motion picture theatcrs may be
curtailed in comparison with those great
blessings in the urban ccnters, at least
man can preserve himself from freez-
Ing. A. c.
BROOKLYN. August 81.
The New York herald., 1922-09-01
Ledge and the Price.

I'VE shall have to pay for this
bill" Senator LODGE is reported as
saying while the voting on the bonus
amendments proceeded, "if it is
passed. and l hope it will be-"
Senator LopeE is up for reelection
in Massachusetts this fall. The Lodge
the country now beholds, the Lodge
who hopes the bill will pass, the
Lodge who supports the bonus grab
and who left his campaigning in his
home State to help it out at Wash
ington with his voice and vote, is
not the Lodge the country would see
if his term in the Senate had five
more years to run instead of a few
months only.
His acceptance of the Simmons
amendment for payment from foreign
debt--a plan preposterous in nature
and Of doubtful candor of origin
shows how weak can be a Lodge who
is candidate for reelection.
With his long and distinguished
service, his splendid record of
achievement in the Senate since
March 4, 1898, preceded by SIX useful
years in the House, his fine scholarly
character, his undoubted power OF
discerning the right and the wrong
in public life, his patriotism so often
manifested, Senator LODGE has shown
himself at the test moment just as
weak and grasping as the raiders Of
smaller stature like the MeCumbers
from whom SO much could not rea-
sonably be expected.
In this sad bonus business Senator
LODGE has fallen much further in the
estimation Of his fellow citizens than
those others whose natural course of
gravitation takes them down that
road-fallen further because he had
much further to fall.
1t would have been better for his
future standing, for his place in his
tory, for his own consciences sake
had HENRY CADor LODGE withdrawn
from the contest for reelection rather
than go groveling for votes by lend
ing support to this bonus raid
1t is heavy price for such a man
to pay.
The New York herald., 1922-09-01
The Theater's Prosperity.

Success in the theater is dependent
on SO many subtle and fluent ele-
ments that the manager cannot COM
mand it by good business methods
alone. A play may fail Of its effect be-
cause its apparent merits did not re-
veal themselves in it's final projection
on the stage. Inadequate interpreta-
tion may rob performance OF the
attractions which were counted on TO
draw the public. There are many
intangible and unforeseeable Incl
dents that may be of decisive inn
portance in settling the fate OF any
theatrical attempt to win the public.
Nevertheless the manager must
and executive skill, the aid of expert
ence and good business principles.
The latter may not always lead to
prosperity. but they can he Of impor-
likely to arise in his professional af-
fairs. He may not be able to tell just
how the conceptions OF a dramatist
are 10 be realized or how an actors
manner of expressing the feelings of
a character will be received by the
audience, but he should be able to
reckon with fair degree of accuracy
how much in money his Offering is
worth TO those from whom he ex-
poets support.
He knows how much his expenses
have been. He knows what amount
Of business will bring to him fair
degree Of profit on his investment.
Thus he learns how much he has a
right TO demand from the public. II
he is satisfied with that amount he
Is at least following tho dictates Of
sound business principles.
The managers are looking forward
TO a rich season after year or two
of leanness which had not been
equaled in years. The public Is
showing q disposition to spend its
money once again on the play. But
there has been the promise that it
WIZ VIC AdiAth WI w rHtHU itrns TIC
small earnings Of recent seasons have
taught the impresarios Lesson.
Theater prices must bear some rela-
tion to what the thcater gives. When
the playgoer is convinced that he
Is likely to receive d reasonable re-
turn for his outlay he will be ready
TO take his chances on finding pleas
ure in night at the theater
Tneater prices have been lowered
They had become so high that with
taxes added they were burden for
most persons. II Is largely due to
the reduction In prices. the amount
OF which varies at different theatcrs,
that the thoughts Of tho publit have
turqed again to the theater
- the extent indicated the pros
The New York herald., 1922-09-01
Firing Soft Coal.
Methods Which VIII Largely Prevent
the Production Of Smoke.

To THE NEW YoRK HERALD: In using
soft coal IN a kitchen range. after the
fire Is started il should be fred at alter
nate ends or sides. That is, put shovel
OF coal. say, on the back end cf the
fire When that Is burning clear cover
the other end or side BY this alternate
firing very little smoke will be produced.
In small apartment house boiler
alternate sides OF the furnace should be
fred infhe same way.
In the larger apartment houses most
OF the steam heating boilers are OF the
il. I. type and for this type Of boiler
/ designed a very simple and efficient
smoke pteventef for one of my clients
about the year 1889. This was made
free to the public ami was fully de-
scribed In the technical PRESS or that
day. II cost about $40 for the material
bought in the open market. and any
engineer worthy of tha. title could erect
II IN few hours
The device mentioned as IN use In
the Equitable Building is. If / m rightly
informed, a patented device and cxpen-
slve, although worth all It costs, but no
more efficient than the simple device
above referred TO.
Undoubtedly the market will be
flooded with devices guaranteed to save
coal. and II would be well for prospec-
tive purchasers to get the advice of
competent persons who make these ques-
lions a special study before parting with
their money. AMERICAN MEcHANic.
BROOKLYN, August 81.
The New York herald., 1922-09-01
JOHNSON MAJORITY $4,000.
Results Received From Fivc-sixths
of California Precincts.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31.-TIiran John
SON to-day was assured of the Repnb-
lican denomination for the United states
Senate by marsin of more than $1,000
votes On the face OF the latest returns
the vote in 5,751 of 6.695 precincts
stood Johnson. 273,762; c. G. Moore,
2os.6ss
Friend w. Richardson. State Treas
urer, had lead of 14.T3S over Gov
William d. Stephens for the Republican
Gubarnatorlal nomination. The vote
was: Richardson, 1868: stephens.
227,224
Thomas Lee woolwine, Prosecuting
Attorney of Los Angeles county. was
leading his opponent Mattison 3. Jones
cf Glendale by more than 10000 for
the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernnr. All members Of Congress seeking
reelection were safely nominated.
The New York herald., 1922-09-01
Highest School Budget Passed
Estimate Board to Get $s5oo7, ,766.s9 Request for
Education To-day--Nothing Neglected Says Chairman.

$4,000 would be spent on salaries for
the clerical and administrative force.
5000 for the salary of the assistant
secretary. and sgjO00 for force of men
to be employed continually as in
spectors or examiners and Keep the
board informed as TO activities during
the periods When the board is not
Sitting
The budget as passed Is more than
sa.0OO.Oo0 below the figure of the super
intendents, suggested some time since.
But 1t Is Si.7sS,7si more than the budget
for the current&year, exclusive of the
$iO5.000 specially asked for. 1t Is di-
vided into two sections The general
school fund section calls for S79,30-
1881, and the Special fund calls for
SIS, 6g7. .s1s is These figures compare
with s75,ss6. ss.47 and st4.4i7,74i3t for the
same funds In the budget for this year.
Mr.. somefs. chairman of the budget
committee, said: a"if the Board of
Estimate passes the budget as 1t stands
there will be no need of asking for adj
ditional appropriations. We have not
neglected a single thing"
The New York herald., 1922-09-01
eonOmlc ic,1i h Is inahiralss.- Just "a ss the

f~%AN4~AI - 1I4.hAal A4t.a s.sss 4 .
economic IN It's inquiries, Just as the
American Relief Administration has
been entirely humane in it's minis
trations to the hungry.
Under these circumstances the re-
ported decision OF the Soviet Govern
ment not to receive technical COM
from the United States unless
the United States will receive erom
the Soviet Government a commission
TO investigate the political processes
and methods the industrial situation
and social conditions in the United
States achieves a height Of impu-
dence surprising that attained by
the Soviet Government at the Genoa
conference and at the more recent
conference at The Hague.
The New York herald., 1922-09-01
Lure of the Farm.
Experiences Of Man With a Dream
= OF Country Life.

TO THE NEW YoRK HERALD The pic
ture in your Sunday magazine under
the heading "The Call of the Farm" Of
an eager youth and clinging girlswith
French heeled boots reading ADVERTISE
iments Of farms for sale and nursing
dreams is graphic illustration of hope
and Illusion. What these young people
didn't see and the thing that would
have given them natural reaction from
vain hopes was the picture OF the an-
-cient farm house IN a wide stretch Of
lonely country ana the plain story Il
told of physical struggle with primitive
conditions.
Hunting for promising abandoned
farm was once passion Of mine and
IL led to curious experiences and sad
establishments. have seen abandoned
farins-the real thing with all Of 'he
evidences Of discouragement and fall
ufe--in New York, Connecticut New
Jersey and Pennsylvania. Like Henry
Dana Thoreau. my imagination carried
me 50 far that i even had the refusal
OF several fafms--the refusal was all
that / wanted In the matter OF this
search my final conclusion was that "a
man was rich IN proportion to the num-
ber OF things he can afford to leave
alone In farms
There are farms Ia Connecticut that
would serve az plentiful pasture for
Angora goats. friend Of mine who
was once United States consul In Hol-
land had hunch on AnEora goat farifi-
ing. He said that the goats could i've
on stones. suggested several appro-
pirate locations on aband~ped farms in
Windham county. Connecticut,
/ remember farm that an agent In
that State Of sharp traders once offered
me. Ho wrote me, wonderful letter,
telling me OF its fructifylns capabilities.
It was veritable cornucopia Of harvest
abundance. The price asked was s3,500,
the equivalent of $1,000 to-day. ff |
could have borrowed the money II might
have landed me. But couldn't
Several years afterward I was tramp
ing over the wonderful hills IN that pic-
turesuue region when q fellow w fish
vender's wagon offered me lift The
,iame OF that farm and my III luck In
not : having secured II we're buried IN
my memory and / was ~ It's very loca-
tlon. I asked the peddler " he knew
where II was. lie pointed with the
shattered horsewhip with which he had
been prodding his reluctant nag 10 a
peaceful valley Nesting romantlcally
amid verdant hills.
"Thore It be-" he said, fixing the loca :
tlon BY an unpainted barn.
~ came near buying that farm once" "
said.
ct be sod,' he volunteered with
Yankee brevty
"For how much?'
Mine hundred dollars, fvo hundred on
mortgage. And the felor who bough,
II got stuck"
| once looked for farm in central
New York. Tho agent took me by auto
mobile ton miles from Amsterdam. II
the lure Of the country could sell farm
The New York herald., 1922-09-01
Courage in Illinois.

Those who began to fear, in the
black days of the Herrin massacre
and the exultation which followed il,
that official courage was dead in Illi-
nois may take heart.
There was one man in ABRAHAM
LINcofN's State who refused to ad-
nit that Williamson county was
feudal territory, place where armed
force could commit Wholesale mur-
der, silence the witnesses. laugh at
the machinery Of the law.
The Attorney-General OF Illinois,
EDWARD J. BRUNDAGE OF Chicago,
went to Williamson county to do
what the county officials had failed
to do He had to dispel their fears
and enlist their help. lie had 10
take up a case in which he was
blocked by the terror which the mur-
derers had put upon the heighbor-
hood and the mistaken sense of 10y
atty which they were able to inspire
among their associates. He met with
threats that his life would be taken
If he "interfered'' in Williamson
county. He met with the silence that
followed the crime, for even the muir
derers had stopped laughing over the
hideous details of that day when
twenty-five unarmed men surrea-
dered and were butchered.
AT last, two months after the mas
sacre, a man has been indicted for
the murder Of Mcdowell, the one
legged mine superintendent who was
tortured and shot. And he was in
dicted by a Grand Jury Of William
son county, the place where the mur-
derers boasted they were supreme
and where no outsider could lay
hand on theml
TIM New YORK HERALD had some
sharp things to say in June about a
region where mankind had reverted
to Iroquois savagery: about a State
which at that time seemed unwilling
or unable to do what the local officers
Of the law dared not do But it is
glad to see that Illinois has man
who Is unmoved by threats Of death
or political destruction, a man who
brought the fear Of Con and the arm
OF the law into the land Of the pur-
derers and the towards.
Good for BRuNDAGE!
The New York herald., 1922-09-01
Maturity.

Tho morn returns with beauty 70 the
hills
The nisht comes back III gray dreams
10 the sea.
The spring rcnews herself IN danodps--
Am ! On outcast then. that not IN ma
Tho wonder wakcs2 nv no Impulses
drawn.
! 500 Tho earth repeat what came be-
fore,
And question not-for from my heart Is
gone
a wild sweet thing and that returns
no more.
l VIII sit stun beside the stream IL life,
VIII sit stil and teach another how.
Friend keeper, woman, counsalcr and
wifc
All those ! am to him-but never now
The dancing dart whore ripples break
aud run.
\ slim white birch tree blowing in me
HELEN FRAzrr-Bowrn.
The New York herald., 1922-09-01

The Board OF Education yesterday
passed. and the Board Of Estimate will
receive to-day. the largest educational
budget in the history Of the New York
school system, the total being s95,Oo7,-
766ss. or this total after State and
Federal contributions to the upkeep OF
the educational system are deducted.
the taxpayers will have to contribute
SIG. 5o4.s9. The budget is for running
expenses only and does not include APP
propfiations for the building programs.
The budget was passed unanimously.
those present being President George
J.. Ryan. Harry 3. Chambers, DR.. John
A. Ferguson. Arthur S. Somers M.
Samuel Stern. Mrs. ella l.. Murray,
the other member. was mot spresent.
Clarence r.. MelIeney, Acting Super
ifitendent of Schools. sat as ar ex Of
ficio member.
In addition TO the regular budget. the
board asked for $1o5.000 to be used for
increasing the pay of its adminstra-
tive force and for the appointment Of
an assistant secretary. or the total
The New York herald., 1922-09-01
II iiaaors asrsfsc. eMhst does Mr.

all liadorF Arsfhc, What does Mr.
WHEELER think q pirate ship is? 1t
can be understood how an able INTEL
leet concentrated like his upon a sin-
gle purpose Of promotion and propa-
ganda may come to think Of all yes
sels as pirates" when they CARRY
eontraband alcohol; just as he might
be led by emotional fervor to charac-
terlze all bootleggers as "assassins."
But what would happen ii the pro-
hibition enforcement agents should
take Mr.. WHEEIER's piracy" too lit
orally and proceed on the high seas
to deal out the pirates doom to a
vessel flying rightfully the nag of a
foreign nation, no matter how pratt
cal her cargo from the point Of view
OF our domestic laws?
The New York herald., 1922-09-01
Some Odd Catches.
Anglers Report Hooking Bats and
Swallows.
From the London Ficid.


A Glasgow angler has had a rather
markable-pefhaps a unidue-experi-
ence. lie was fishing in the River Doom
for salmon with No. 2 fly. He had
noticed a large bat flying round, but
was mitch surprised when II suddenly
swooped down, seized the ny and car
ried II off
The angler had some trouble in re-
trieving his lure. as the bat was inclined
to be vicious. Unfortunately. the angler
was unable to describe the bat. All
that he could say was that 1t was much
larger than those usually seen about the
water in the evening. The angler tells
OF another who reports that he had his
dry fly lifted Off the water BY swallow.
Many anglers have doubtless been de-
ceived into thinking that a rise Of fish
had come on Judging by the number OF
splashes to be observed over n pool or
stream Investigation shows that the
splashes are caused by swallows taking
flies Off the surface Of the water. AT
least, presumably II lsN fles they arc
after, although on q recent occasion
when / was watching swallows at this
game I failed to observe any sign OF a
batch .of files. Some years ago, when
/ was fishing Tweed at Clovenfords. I
was completely deceived by swallows.
II had been a very hot. bright day.
My basket was practically empty. Sud
denly I observed what / took TO be a
splendid rise Of trout on stream q
considerable distance up the river. !
haatened 10 the spot and was disgustcd
10 hnd that not a single fish was NOV
Ing. but the swallows were. dozens Of
them TO revert TO bats. Fishing below
Melrose one June evening had mixed
basket OF trout. grayling and--a bat
We have heard OF bats being hooked
IN this way before and have hooked
swallows ourselves. Such events are
perhaps more common In the south,
where dry ny work keeps the fly 50
much In the air.
The New York herald., 1922-09-01
FREE STATE TO PROTECT
= CABLE AT WATERVILLE
CosgraDe Promises Mr.. Mac
kay to Keep a Guard There.

The Irish Provisional Government will
leave force at the waterville cable sta
ton to prevent further interruption OF
communication. This assurance was re-
coivod yesterday BY Clarence II. Mackay,
president of the Commercial Cable Com
pany, from William r. Cosgrave. chair
man OF the Irish Provisional Governs
mont, In the following reply TO n dis
patch IN which Mr.. Mackay said the
company would have to transfer It's sta
tions to England if not guaranteed
against further molestations:
''The Irish Provisional Government
greatly regrets the damage and incon-
venience suffered by your company and
ulars nj Waterville. The Government
is determined to reestablish normal con-
ditions throughout the country. A suf>
ficient force will be left at Waterville to
protect the cable station against any at
tack on life and property"
In his protest Mr.. Mackay said. "The
Insurgents did considerable damage to
the station by dismantAng our engines,
removing essential parts, destroyed our
batteries and so depriving US OF the
sources or electric power necessary to
tho conduct Of our business"
The Commercial Gable Company an
nounced yesterday that It's Halifax-Ber-
muda cable had been repaired, restoring
communication with Bermuda, Turks
Island. Jamaica and West Indies. It's
Manila Bay and Shanghai and Hong
Kong and Shanghai cables have been
interrupted by typhoon.