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New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
Regent Street To Be Gorgeous
At Cost of Convivial Spirits
Changes in Famous Thoroughfare May Drive Out
Cafe OF Treasured Memory the Last Stand of
Heal Bohenaianism in the Metropolis

taboo. Ard it's word is law; because,
however much ahead OF his time
George Nv was, he conceived the wise
idea OF not selling the building sites
along his new street, but of leasing
them for ninety-nine years. Some of
the leases expired just after the war;
ali Will have fallen in by 1925, and if
the present tenants wish to remain
they must agree to put up new and
costly buildings.
Some of them have decided to move
or to close down. Among them is the
famous Cafe Royal, Of which more
anon. Others have taken the course
OF grinning and bearing it. But, as one
man said, at takes some bearing" I"
witness, for example, the sad case of
a well-known wine shop In 1922 some
daring member of the frw decided to
move from the City, where the shop
had been located couple of hundred
years, to the rural neighborhood Of
Regent Street. George IV was SO glad
to have tenants that he gave the firm a
ninety-nine year lease at e14 a year.
Now the firm is finding, to its annoy
ances that the first hundred wears are
not the hardest. 1t has had to erect a
costly marble building. and its rent has
been increased TO a trife of 60 600 a
year!
There are dozens of establishments
Il !
which could tell similar tales, for Re
gent Street now boasts some fifteen or
twenty new and cleaning buildings,
three or four Of which have had their
whiteness toned down by London's
smokes and fogs; some hundreds of
the old plaster edifces and couple of
dozen gaps (Which remind one irresist-
IDLY of missing front teeth) which re-
veal to the passers-by glimpses Of back
streets which they never knew existed
and which will soon be resplendent in
plate glass and marble. Five years
from now scarcely trace of the old
Regent Street will remain, and in ten
years the memory of Nash's warm and
squatty old buildings will be as abso-
lete as the memory of the wretched
slums which formerly stood where the
stately buildings Of Aldwych and tins
Kingsway are now nearing completion,
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

is done the state employee will be paid
according to his value to the state and
the door to promotion and higher pay,
which now only legislative enactment
can unlock, will be open to him when
he is fitted to pass through it.
What we arc doing here is just
what any bsiness house does with its
employees and what is necessary to do
If business is to be transacted as it
must be transacted to succeed
There is also much to be done in
the matter of standardizing the pur-
chase of supplies. The state now buys
more than $20,000,O00 worth of ma
terials in the course of year The
purchasing agents of the departments
buy what they need-largely at retail.
Business Project Needs
Six Months to Complete
"We have established bureau of
standards, under law which will en-
able the state to buy as a private in
dustry would buy-to buy in quantity
and in the cheapest market. There is
much to be done before we get this
working as it should work. The busi-
ness of inspection is complicated and
difficult--for there are many kinds of
merchandise the state needs, and to
make sure that everything is up to
standard and that full value is re-
ceived for the money is not easy.
"But the plan is workable and we
hope gradually to make it highly effec-
tive. We have done a great deal in
the last six months and with another
six months to follow up what we have
begun I think the public will find that
the states business is fairly we'll at
tended to.
"In one branch of the purchase Of
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Thief Dabbles i'm Art to Rob
Churches of Noted Painting.
Recovery of Priceless Triptych by Roman Pcics
After Years Hunt Bares Series of
Sacred Edifces Looted

behind a confessional, and awaited fol-
night to come before admitting hs
acconplices. They helped him to re-
move the large frame which was cal.
ried to waiting motor car and taktn
to Genoa. The town of Fescia is seT
quiet, where every one goes to peg
early, SO their movements were U ne
way watched.
At Genoa they removed tue fa'1s'
carried the side panels viii fas loa'
figures to a carpenter and ssse0 a''s
to cut each panel into Two, % @'s
each saint formed separate pssn'las'
Carobbi was an artist, With ssaS's
at Bergamo, and was considelso
dilettante who initiated ancient PAM
ings and decorations. He apparent,
made his living selling these ps4sss
antiques, for which he received : g0's
price from visiting American anu A''s
fish tourists.
The frame also was dividee =.
separate sections. which forH'ea sss
frames. All these pieces were sou 5
antique dealers in various cites u -
north.
Carobbi admitted that, theugn =
was supposed to be a dilettante, hs We
really professional thief who sps.
cialized only in church paintings IS
sacred objects, for which he rece',ss -
high prices. He had made about wv =,
lire from the triptych, as be was .0lsss or
to sell the various parts in 9 nu.1a' S
as he feared that the police were oh S
track. The dealers each made 'iss sas s.
elk times that amount on eaeh p|s
chase, which they bought withou. a,s. :.
ing any questions. as they though s.
had initiated an original S
The thief refused to give the nas',s ! !.
of his accomplices, as he says sass IS, S
alone was responsible for the piahs'ss 5
and execution. Though he strasss ~. I.
shield them. the police are now e s., k
tracks Of the carpenter and the eas., &.
feur, who will have to stand tfias S :.
gsther with Carobbi for the dossl IS 8
twenty thefts from churches " opsssxs x
the-way villages and Gowns ~ ~
Carobbi was forced to confess Hsis s
work.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
Mourning for Hfurdereyx

The infliction of capital punishment
upon the assassins of the Brisish Field
Marshal, Sir Henry Wilson, has appar-
entity caused great grief in Soviet Rus
sia The "lzvesria," one Of the leading
Bolsheyist organs, in long article
laments their fate.
The "Pravda" not only mourns but
calls for vengeance and, addressing
Great Britain, says: "We shall take
our revenge upon you for having thus
treated the best and most energetic Of
our agents, who were laboring for the
good OF humanity and the cause Of
communism
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
4 Royal Marriage IN Siam

Economy seems to be the order of
the day in royal circles. Thus, in
order to avoid the expense of bril-
liant ceremony and sumptuous banquet
the King of Siam was recently married
without the beat of drums" to his
cousin, the Princess Lakshmi. A brief
proclamation to the Siamese people re-
placed the tradition of royal weddings
In this proclamation the sovereign
explains why he had broken his en-
gagement with Princess Vallatha, the
new queens sister. The rupture was
Cue to the incompatibility of tempera-
ment between the two and also to a
chronic indisposition of the princess,
whose nervous System is badly shat
tered There was, of course, no danger
of breach of promise suit. But it
was unique incident for a king to
make such an explanation to his SUBJ
jects.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
Music tn the Mines

In recent years an almost paradoyi-
cal phenomenon has manifested itself
IN Borinage, the Belgian coal region of
which Horchies forms part. From
among the underground workers has
emerged series of singers -tenors,
barytones and bassos wonderfully en-
dowed by nature: Dufresne, who has
become one of the most applauded pen
sioners OF La Monnaie, of BRUSSELS;
Bouiliiez, whose beautiful vocal organ
won him the same fortunate destiny:
Ansseau, whom the Opera Comique of
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ness men from asking him favers ut
al. and which sends little business men
away from Albany with their ears ring
/ Ing when they try it, II was the SANG
quality which prompted him to tell tho
| Frohibitioaists who wanted to nomi-
nate him that he wouldn't take their
nomination because he didn't believe in
their doctrine
In the long run this may help him
go farther-as it has helped Cleveland
and Hughes But it is not the way of
the average politician with ambition,
aud, although men admire courage il
public officials in the abstract, they are
very prone to make trouble IN eonven-
ton back rooms IL the couraee has cost
them any Inconvenience or loss Of
profit
The writer talked with Governor Mil
Ter IN the somewhat ornate official res
idence in Albany, where he once had a
talk with William Sulzer. In the days
when the same dwelling was known as
"The Peoples House" From Sulzer to
Miller marks wide sweep--perhaps
the widest sweep that two administra-
tions anywhere in the country could
mark For Suizer was a self-seekii,g
trucker, with no understanding of the
wcrk he had to do, and full of empty
words and impossible promises.
Training, Energy, Ability
Fit Governor for His Job
Miller is man whose whole train
ing has fitted him for his job, and
whose energy and ability have enabled
him to fill it as few men have filled it
before him. His alleged lack of hu-
man feeling was not at all in evidence
during the conversation, nor did his
talk about his conduct of the states
business for the last few years give
rise to any rosy hope in the breast of
reactionary
He began the conversation with no
oracular observations about public duty
or the rights of the proletariat. He
merely told what he had done and what
he means to do, and why. He was quite
ready for the first and really the only
question, which was:
you've been in Office two years now.
What is the matter with the state gov
ernment?"
'Too much pleasing" said the Gov
ernor, settling back in his swivel chair
and looking the interviewer in the eye.
"Too much trying to satisfy groups,
big or little, good or bad, appropriating
is needed, but because 1t is asked for.
When we came into office, SO settled
had this habit of pleasing become that
we were asked for appropriations
amounting to s206, 100000. Appropra-
tions had jumped from sS5,000.000 in
the first year of my predecessors term
to &$145,000,000 in the second. It was
natural that the estimates for my first
year should be S206oo0,00o. But the
money was not appropriated.
There is, of course, an annual nor
NAL and necessary increase of ex-
penses. The population is increasing.
There are more people to take care of
in the state institutions. New demands
constantly arise with the increasing
complexity of society. But it should
have been possible to absorb these in
creases, as has been done in the last
two years, by economies.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

hCmE, september II.
-~ HE triptych by Puccinelli, which
was stolen from the church Of
San Francesca more than .
year ago and recovered by the
police recently, will be returned to the
church of San francesca as soon as il
has been carefully pieced and reframed.
1t represents Santa Anna, with the
Virgin and Christ child in the center
panel, and S. Lorenzo, San Domenico.
st. Simon and Thaddeus on side uanels
{ Although the police had been search
ing for twelve months for some trace of
the missing triptych no light was
thrown either on the way the theft was
accomplished or where the painting
mad been taken. Probably it might
still have remained mystery had not
certain Signor contini, an amateur
art collector, read by chance a de-
scription of the triptych which. at
least in regard to the central panel
conceded in every detail with naint.
ing Of Santa Anna, the Virgin and
Christ child, which he had recently
bought from an antiquarian in Ber-
gamo and for which he had paid 2s,o0o
llre.sseHe notified the Director Of Fine
ARTS, who sent up to Contini's private
gallery an inSpestQr, who carried the
painting to the Department OF Fine
Arts. It proved to be the center panel
with new frame. Once the police
were on the track Of part of the
triptych it was only short time BE-
fore they found two Of the figures Of
the side panels.
The dealer at Bergamo gave the au-
thorities the name Of the private indi-
vidual who had sold him the painting.
Other antiquarianr supplied the name
Of the artist who had sold them the
side panels and search was started
This artist was Arturo Carobbi and
was in prison awaiting trial for the
theft OF certain antique relics in the
church OF st. Agestino at Arezxo. After
severe inquiry he confessed that ne
had stolen the triptych one night in
My, 1921. He had hidden at dusk,
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

prophesied for him bv ri,
state or down was horn. Isles VI
conduct in Office. Mayor Hyl.s y y
Senator johnson. whom tho s : sad
brought from Washington ~ a.. aa5sf
Governors transit plan, in.is.ss ss' y
Mr.. Miiler's purpose. in ersa,,s a ast
Transit Commission was to er.rs y
companies TO advance fares. ~. 9
the commission has forced = $50
zation OF the transit compan;e. /. 80 =
Yerk---a reorganization which ths .ss ,'''
panfes bitterly fought--and Z !. SS
them that they could operate s,.' s.@se
fve-cent fare. 'ia q
Telephone rates have been r.a,.
through his activity, and the ~. .ss'9
public service which is done l.
porations generally has come da,s. "
While the door Of the exs,rs.
chamber has been open during n.
to all who came with reaso,.s,. ~
quests to make, there has ba.-
granting Of favors to any pay.s,.,
groups, although the spokesu.,
many Of these groups did not bs,i....
to threaten political reprisais I, ~.
demands were not acceded 10
The amount Of work that ths e..
ernor has accomplished has been ~.
nous, but his remarkable yitalh, =
enabled him to get through II =
little rest, and no recreation sau.
occasional game of golf and fewis.
at Atlantic City.
Seldom has there been in tbs {.
ernor's chair man as physically sss.
the job as the present Governor i.
was by his own confession ffty.f..,
years old a few days after til, i.
ginning Of his campaign. To look !.
him you would guess he was somerbs,,
in the forties.
After week of speechmskinr wiki
included travel through half do,e
towns, with short speeches IN il.
afternoons and long one every nirb.
he seemed in the pink of condition. sss
as eager to get hack at the task 4,
college athlete is to get into foosb.lI
game.
1t is clear that he enjoys the feht
that he is in. He believes in it, and
believes in his ability to make shs
State Of New York a successfu, bu,.
ness organization, and one that can
do far more for its citizens than j;
ever has done, at far less cost.
His record at the bar and on sts
bench, together with his record as Cor.
ernor, would, of course, enable him to
retire to private life and earn in tks
next few years enough money to msEs
him Independent for life. Bat be hi !,
undertaken a big job, he has hla b
satisfaction of seeing 1t put under wsy,
and he has the same interest III con-
pieting it as an engineer would have In
finishing great bridge the eoassrse-
tion Of which has been begun under his
superintendent.
The writer has watched the work Of
the Governor of this state FOR many
years--beginning with Benjamin B
odell. and on through Hughes Dix
Sulzer, Whitman and Smith.
He has never known man so en-,
thusiastic about his job, possessing
such complete mastery of all its DE-
tails and so determined to carry It ous
in the right way regardless Of shi
enemies he might make in the process
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

supplies, that Of public printing, we
/ have already made good beginning.
! One concern had what amounted to "a
monopoly Of the state printing busi-
ness, largely because 1t was the only
plant in Albany which could handle
the business and becase ii did the work
very well,
However. printing was ordered in
such quantities = literally tons - by
legislative committees and state de-
partments that the printing bill be-
came burden. For the first time the
printing of the state Is being edited.
An effort is being made to have moth
ing printed that does not need to be
printed and TO secure actually COM
petitive bidding on printing contracts.
"This has brought our real competi-
ton and through reduced bids and tho
cutting out Of vast quantities of utter
ly unnecessary printing we have al
ready reduced the states printing bill
by something like 100000.
Establishing a central purchasing
bureau will make it possible in the
future to conduct state institutions
more economically and at the same
time to give better service to the
charges of the state.
at has been charged that because
we have spent less money on some of
these institutions we have been starv-
ing the inmates. AS matter Of fact
they are better cared for and better
treated than they have ever been and
there are moro attendants in all Of
them than there were when we came
into Office
Improvement in state institutions
must be gradual. But it has continued
for the last two years and will, hope,
continue for the next two years.
"Therc is also plan for the better
conduct of the prison department and
for the payment of some sort of wage
to prisoners for the work they do for
the state.
"a statute has already been passed
which provides for putting the prisons
on an industrial basis A business ex-
pert has been put in charge. The work
is already going forward.
Before we can accomplish any i'm
portant results the prison shops them
selves must be reorganized, so that the
VA Of l1o
determined. Business-like production
methods, instead Of the present loose
and haphazard system must be intro
duced
Prison Reform Ideas Based
Upon Business Principles
when we have established modern,
comfortable shops7and are able to make
the prisons profitable, we propose to
pay the prisoners for what they do.
have consulted Hugh Frayne, an able
ard intelligent labor leader, in regard
to the plans we are making, and have
found his suggestions extremely useful.
"These things l have named are
few Of the things which make me ready
to undertake another term of office if
the people of the state so desire. /
shall have compensations which will be
fully adequate to me if I am not re-
elected, But l have begun the work
and the men on the ticket with me are
the sort of men who will, know, help
me to carry it further toward compile
tion.
III am perfectly sure that all the
work would be knocked sky high if my
opponer. were elected.
81 haye said very little about meas
ures nat come under the general title
g social service measures, and there
really is very little to say. What has
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
Too Much Pleasing" Called II.
Greatest Obstacle to Econ.
omy by Governor

been deemed necessary to do in this
direction, has, believe, been done.
"As / have said In onet OF my
speeches, do not believe it is the
function OF the state to make life COM
Portable. The Creator did not intend
that people should lead soft and easy
lives, and thus develop soft condolences
and characters. Life is a struggle, and
in that struggle, character-naanly and
womanly qualities are developed.
at is, however, the function of the
state to maintain equal opportunity to
all, to keep the door Of opportunity
open, to maintain the square deal, and
to have laws that will give every citi-
zen an equal chance, so that the worker
Of to-day may be the employer of to-
morrow, or, if he is not, SO that the
door of hope may be kept open to his
sons and daughters.
There never must be set up or
created in this country any class lines
Or class divisions such as exist in
Europe, to the serious detriment Of
those countries.
Opportunity, free ana open oppor-
tunity and the square deal to all citi-
zens, that is what the state should
maintain. 1t should not try to make
life easy and comfortable. It's func-
tion is to enable the citizen to provide
for himself; putting crutches under the
shoulders OF the citizen creates a race
of eripples.
81 do believe, however, that it is a
function of the state to prevent sick
ness, and I would put no limit what
ever on reasonable activity to preserve
health. We passed law last winter
which hope will bring down the death
ate-,of infants and mothers in child
birth. That is the business Of the
state.
Il am for every legitimate state ac-
tivity. We have provided more for pub
lie health than has ever been provided.
We have appropriated millions more for
education than has been provided by
any previous administration. We have
laid down the rule that there is no
limit to what the state should do to
remove any remediable physical or
mental handicap Of children. The
state should take care of the boys and
girls-see that they get started right
see that they have a proper educa-
ton. The elementary schools are first
of all the most important in the work
OF developing a virile, strong citizen
ship, which will enable the people to
take care Of themselves"
Record Called Best Reply
To All of Charges Made
These are the views of man ar
cused of lacking human understanding
and sympathy. Governor Miller re-
turns frequently in his speeches and
interviews to the charge Of Mr.. Smith
that he lacks human feeling. It is
natural for man who has devoted
all his waking hours for the last two
years to the hardest kind of hard work
for the people Of the state to feel that
such blow is below the belt.
This view is shared by all his asso-
ciates in the work he has been doing
in Albany, and all those who know him
in Albany or in Syracuse. As a matter
of fact, his record is the best answer
to any such charge Nothino, %h,+
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
Echoes From abroad .

and which is now rising against the
national customs of our land of Oc.
ut is the hour for judgment!
"The Supreme Court has, in fact, an
nulled the sentence of the Justice of
Peace of oran, who, even as that of
Mines, acquitted the matadors, thus
recognizing our rights
"Fhe moment approaches when we
shall sound the call for grandiose
manifestation in all of our bullfighting
capitals of the South.
"Now, then, arise! Watch and keep
ready! YOUR COMMITTEE"
Concerning which illumination the
staid Journal des Debats'' inquiries if
in talking of the National Committee
Of the South" the enthusiasts of the
Midi are not going little too far.