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The New York herald., 1922-05-20
Golfers Abroad.

From the Manchsstsr Guardian.
We are to have . nsw type of tourist
from America this year-the eoifing tourist.
EnsI.ga N ssDscssd to com. IN his ~iissSs snon.
Lo. the new tourist whose instructed
6purns hallowed sites for matter,
much moro weighty!
VINO when no leaves '1i1' old New York.
behind
Has but one thought round IN
under eighty.
No longer London sees him trampins
round
Till foot ana head and eye with pious
toll ache:
He cuts out Hampton Court for never
ground
And passes Chester to descend Al
Hoylake.
No ancient seat Of learning holds him
now;
isis and Cam are scarcely worth Z
mention.
But stay; one name can lure him, any
how
81. Andrews stilI commands his best
attention.
Changed are his values, scorned the
older earth
Where records OF his ancestry are
craven:
Ono crowded hour at westward Ho Is
worth
An age at Plymouth or on banks OF
Avon.
Give him a drive we'll smitten from the
toe
Who cares what port the Pilgrim
Fathers quilted?
And having fiuked n bogey Ave in three
He counts the tomb OF Shakespeare
well omitted.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
Hard Coil Miners Demands.

1t may not surprise the public that
the anthracite miners committee has
refused point blank the proposal Of
the mine owners for q readjusted
wage scale that would reduce the
price Of hard coal 81 ton. But 1t
must astound the public to know of
the declaration by the miners com.
mittee In rejecting the proposal that
the coal strikers will stay out until
all their nineteen demands of last
March are granted.
The meaning of these demands, ex-
pressed in money terms, is that in.
stead Of tightening the public's coal
burden they would add to it $780,
100000 year at the mine. And no.
body can guess what that added S170,-
100000 year at the mine would be-
come at the consumers coal bin.
The formal answer of the anthra-
cite operators to the strikers commit
tee gives further information that
will decidedly interest the hard coal
consumer. For one thing. the average
annual earnings Of all anthracite
men coming within the terms Of the
1920 agreement and working in each
pay period of 1921 exceeded $1,000
year. These were the highest
basic industry wages paid in the
whole United States.
For another thing, anthracite
wages show an average increase in
actual weekly earnings above the
basic 1914 period of 152 per cent.
The war inflated cost of living at
the peak was roughly 100 per cent.
above 1914. But the anthracite coal
miners average earnings outstripped
the soaring ascent of the war living
costs by half again as much.
For still another thing, the war
peak cost of living has gone down
and down, but the anthracite wage
earnings still stand up at their peak.
So that, measured against the cost Of
living in 1891, the actual wage earn.
ings were not far from twice as high
as they were In 1914, measured
against the cost Of living then.
Yet when the anthracite miners,
with double the wages Of 1914. en-
pressed in actual living costs, are
asked to take an average wage de-
crease of 81 per cent. to enable the
price Of coal to come down 81 ton,
they answer, mot one cent; we are
going to pile on another $4,000, 900
a year!"
That Is the kind of deal that is
handed out to the anthracite Goa.
consumer.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
Pins and Needles.
Mr.. Souss Recalls the Days when He
Led q Variety Theater Orchestra.

To THE NEw YORK T1EAAIp: To set
IN. r." Alright beg to state that m
my mid teens + was the leader Of the
orchestra At the Theatre -ComiQuo.
Washington. which was given over to
what was knewn ~ the variety stage In
those days, and Is nowadays known as
vaudeville. -t-'-
During the time was in the Theatre
Comique the song in which occurred
the words "Pins and needles by the
dozen for your uncles ana your cousin"
was dear to the hearts Of both variety
singers and variety audiences. The
music OF this song was taken from the
popular dance number called "The AM
boss Polka" composed by Albert Par
iow. famous bandmaster and conn.,
poser during the time of wilhelm I.
Albert Fariow served with distinction
In the Franco Prussian war and was be-
loved by the old Emperor and the Ger
man people for his patriotism and his
genius as a conductor and composer Of
tho sunshiny side Of music. After tho
.Franco-P Prrssian war he left the milf
tary band field and became the conduc-
tor Of q popular orchestra, and died in
1888. JOHN PHILIP SousA.
NEW YORK, May 10.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
|J.A. .AldredHome With Big Deal in Italy
Capitalist Returning the Aquitania Tells of Inn
provement in Europe.

great Irish satirist did not deserve to
be called an egotist.
Arnold DAILY said he had come back
to produce Rostand's Tho Last Night
Of Don Juan In October, and remarked
that 'It made Bernard Shaw look IKE
q space writer
William H. Todd. president Of tho
Todd Shipyards Corporation. has been
In London completing the organisation
OF his new company. the Todd Oil Burn
ers. Ltd. He said the burners were
being adopted by the leading foreign
steamship owners ~ the most Aconomi-
cal method Of using oil in steamship
operation.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
The Five Cent Fare Myth.

"The people of Queens" said Gov.
ernor MILLER to the Chamber Of Com
merce OF that borough, do not know
anything about q i've cent fare, ex'
cept as they know the number Of
times they have to pay the ave cents
to get homo; and that number VIII
continue to increase as long az the
destructive and obstructive tactics In
the City Hall are permitted to
continue"
That, in nutshell, Is the truth
about the Ave cent fare myth and the
transportation situation. There IS
no real flve cent fare covering allAthe
city. There never will be one until
the Transit Commissions program
is put through and one great, unified
system of city railroads Is estab-
lished. So long as HxLAN and his
associates in ONCE prevent the Tran
sit Commission from going ahead
with it's work New York will con-
tinue to pay an average fare Of six
or seven cents.
Governor MILLER has put the
Hylan administration on the defen'
sive. He challenges it to produce a
workable transportation plan or else
stand aside. Substitute construc-
tion for obstruction" says the Gov
ernor, "and you will get transit" ("
Meanwhile the trains are crowded.
Every days delay by the Hylan crowd
means days delay in building
the subways that should have been
started five years ago.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
Bilegnestrians.
Learned Remarks About q Man With
Two Wooden Legs.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: In a
letter printed In your paper 1T. P.."
processing not to know Latin. displays
much intuition and q nimhle wit /; but
he sends out an o call for a sesQui-
pedalian word fitted to denote linguis-
tically. rhetoricAlly and OF course GU
phoniously such unfortunates as are
compelled to effect their locomotion by
means Of two wooden legs. To that
call this Is q response. not SO much
PATHOLOGICAL as fraternai.
"T. p" discusses recent editorial ar
ticle on "Quadrupedestrian." q verbal
creature. perhaps born and bred in the
editorial sanctum: novus homo. so to
speaker shall we say novum animal
among words. Appealing to the
great Webster--Noah. not Daniel-he
concludes that the newcomer travels on
four feet; then he suggests that those
Of US who, unlike Tarzan the Terrible.
commonly confne ourselves to two
pedes and walk upon the earth have
for a long time been duopedestrians
without knowing II. Still. when ono re-
calls Plato's 'featherless biped." II
would seem that blpedestrian might
have a moro classical sound.
Before we decide how to denominate
the man who perambulates on wood,
instead Of on flesh and bone. let US lit
orally and literarily dissect the feet and
legs of certain bipeds and quadrupeds
and centipeds: then, perchance. we may
si-new Tendencies in their makeup
that shall prove to be a bone-us to In
yestigators. '"r. p" will doubtless think
the perpetrator of this paragraph de-
serves punishment.
Pedestrian--one who goes on foot
10 primarily from Latin pes. foot ;
whence pedes. a footman. pedestris, pc
destrian. 1t seems to follow the
analogy OF Latin eQuus, a horse eques,
q horseman; equestris, equestrian: one
who goes on horseback. The fabricator
OF new words might nnd justification,
therefore, in Latin quadrupes from
quattuor, four. and pes. a foot, mean
ing a four footed creature. Quadrupedes.
quadrupedestris, quadrupedestrian. We
might go further and say centipes--
centum, one hundred. and pes. q foot
meaning q centipedc. centipedes, cent?
pedcstris, centipedestrian the Same
scampering creature which. II will bo
remembered
was happy. quite.
Until the toad. for fun,
said: pray. which leg tfoot] comes
after which?" whereat the varmint en-
deavored to think; but having fewer
brains than feet became bewildered
quite and N
Lay distracted in a ditch.
Considering how 10 run.
The SUNK -estr. in both pedestris
and equestris. seems to denote ability
and mastery, just as In Latin magister
--master-which is said TO be double
comparative formed on the root or
Latin magnus, great. In Esperanto
too the suffix -estr means chief. leader,
ruler, principal: as inperio. empire; i'm
periestro. emperor: regno, kingdom
or state; regnestro. O. king or ruler
shipo. ship shipestro, a captain.
Now let US return to our muttons and
the hypothetical gentleman with two
wooden legs Wood. In Latin, is lignum,
whose root IL either lig- or leg; since
BIZ Is better than duo rs = prsex.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
President Harding and the
Twelve Hour Day.

| When it was announced on Wednes-
day that President HARDING had in
vited forty-odd steel manufacturers
to dine with him our neighbor the
World declared that the event was
intended to smooth the way for po-
litical contributions.
The Presidents purpose was to ask
a great contribution from the steel
men, but 1t was a social contribution
that he asked. He asked them to
abolish the twelve hour working day
in the steel business. =
That twelve hour day has been the
hardest nut to crack of all the prob
lens of the steel industry. 1t can
not be reduced to ten hour day or
nine hour day. II the steel bust
ness shortens the shift of the men
employed in the actual production OF
steel it must make it eight hours.
For the production of steel is con-
tinuing process. There is no closing
down at night. The mills must use
their plants and their furnaces to the
limit Of capacity. They must have
either two shifts of men working
twelve hours or three shifts work
ing eight hours.
To reduce workman's hours 33
per cent. and still pay him living
wage is not easily done in an indus
try where there is vigorous compe-
tition. Happily, only fraction Of
all the men in the steel mills are
working twelve hours. The United
States Steel Corporation has about
1000 thus employed. These are not
merely the laborers. The foremen.
the chemists, rollers, crane men and
helpers all work twelve hours. To
many OF them twelve hours Of work
has become a fixed part Of life, some
thing almost traditional. Many Of
them do not work continually through
the long stretch. Some have periods
of rest between heats" in the open
hearth furnaces. Others, working un.
der great pressure or heat Of 120
degrees, are spelled"
But there are some men. for in
stance the blooming mill rollers, who
work steadily for twelve hours. And
for most of the others twelve hour
shift means that they have practi-
cally no spare time for. anything but
eating and sleeping. 1t is such con-
ditions as these that President
HARDING must have had in mind
when he sent for the steel captains
and when he said that "if we have
in America conditions under which
men may produce and enjoy life with
something of luxury as well as the
necessities we shall have a contented
citizenship
The aim to abolish the twelve hour
day is not new, of course. Judge
GARY. the chairman Of the Steel Cor.
poration, has frequently expressed a
wish that a way out might be found
But the President has put new life
into the desire for the amelioration
OF the hardships Of the steel workers.
without attempting to dictate to bust
ness he has expressed to it wish
that is very general. The steel man.
ufacturers have promised to see what
can be done. They should find o
way and probably they will.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
War on Bucket Shops.
Criminal Prosecution OF Owners
Ta TrOed

To THE NEW York HERALD: District
Attorney Banton talks about licensing
brokers to put an end to bucket shops.
But why does he not prosecute the
bucketeers?
What the people want is action More
than fifty bucket houses have busted,
swindling their customers out Of mill
ions Of dollars Bucketing Is crime.
Why are they not prosecuted? There
has not been conviction so far.
r. ID. SMArHrRs.
NEW York, May 10.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
The Toss Up.

It happened once the great god Chance
Could not decide circumstance.
"A toss up is the thing" he cried,
by heads or tails shall abide
He threw a silver bit on high
The moon few up and hit the sky.
II heads or tails he could not tell,
For there it stayed and never fell.
And ever since--this tale Is true
The god Chance knows not what to do
McLANDBURcH WILSON.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
The Mecklenburg Declaration.

Independence Day is celebrated to-
day at Charlotte, Mecklenburg county
North Carolina. On May 20, 1775,
according to every person In Char
lotte and some historians outside OF
1t, was proclaimed. the Mecklenburg
Declaration OF Independence by'which
freedom was first asserted in ths
American Colonies.
There has been much acrimonious
controversy over the Mecklenburg
Declaration and Charlotte has been
held up to not little ridicule. But
Charlotte--no cultural Oh nor harsh
r, but an intriguing softness of pro-
nunciation for each letter-has on
her city emblem a hornets nest.
That is what Lord CORVALLIS called
Charlotte in Revolutionary times.
So what does she care for the sneers
of neighboring Greensboro or the jeers
OF Raleigh or the smiling indulgence
of SNUG Philadelphia or classic Bos-
ton? Charlotte is going to whoop 1t
up to-day for all she is worth In
memory of her forefathers who
whooped 1t for free and independ-
ent America lat years ago.
Learned men have been struggling
with the Mecklenburg Declaration
for more than a century. There is no
doubt that mass meeting was held
at Charlotte on May 20, 1775-the
fact that the date is also given as
May 81 results very likely from the
two methods Of reckoning time in
use in the Colonies-and those at the
meeting, mostly representatives from
military companies of Mecklenburg.
adopted a series of resolutions by
some said to have declared independ-
ence in no uncertain terms.
This action OF the North Carolina
assemblage apparently created little
stir in the Colonies at the time. The
copy of the resolution made by the
secretary Of the meeting was de-
stroyed by fire in 1900, but on April
20, 1919, what purported to be copy,
made perhaps from memory, was pub
lished by the Raleigh Register. The
text, both In phraseology and senti-
ment, bore a striking resemblance
to the Declaration of July 4, 1776.
drawn up at Philadelphia. JoHN
ADAMS, according to tradition, noti-
fed THOMAS JEFFERSON of this cir
cumstance, and JEFFERSON indig-
nantly declared the Mecklenburg doc
ument was spurious and "a very un-
justifiable quiz"
Right then and there the trouble
started. Was JEFFERSON plagiarist
or was the Mecklenburg Declaration
q forgery? Wherever possible the
testimony of spectators and partici-
pants was obtained. Naturally, these
statements varied, for il could
scarcely be expected that after the
lapse of so many years any OF those
present at the meeting could remem-
ber the exact wording Of the Dec
Iaration. The North Carolina Leg.
ielature continued the investigation
and as a result Of It's official inquiry
in 1899 accepted the assertions of the
Mecklenburg advocates.
The dispute was revived early in
this century by the discovery of
hitherto inaccessible evidence DR..
GroRGr w. GRAHAM and II. ApprNoroN
BRUCE, both of whom had devoted
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
He Knew the Author.

To THE NEW York HERALD: Reply
ing to IN. RS" question. the song
"Pins and needles By the dozen for your
Lncles and your cousin" was composed
by Gus williams ana sung by him at
Tony Pastors Theater. Broadway near
FRINGE street. about 1874. The writer
knew the author and heard him sing II
IN German dialect several times.
Nxw YORK, May 1s. W. II. r.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
walking to Lear. tn. world.

from fhe ChrSstSoss ScSencs Monitor.
President Masaryk of Csscho- -slovakia has
Just given another example Of his practical
idsalism and wise foresight. He Is furnish.
ing the funds for = walking tour of the
world this summer by students OF Prague
University. In the group are two Cxschs
Serbian. bulgarian and a Russian. After
walking through Juso-slavia and Bulgaris
the students will 60 TO Constantinople and
thon to China and Japan. Themes pas-
sage win be taken to San Francisco and
the leading cities Of the United States will
be visited on foot. Prague University will
publish report OF the expedition. Presi.
dent Mssaryk knows the folly of national
Isolation and the value of learning Some
thing about other nations besides hts ovr
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
Their Method.

From the Karsos CITY star.
"Do tho makers Of wildcat liquor in this
region use any set formula" asked q tourist
In the Ozarls.
"No." replied a resident Of the straddis
Ridge neighborhood. They Just 90 ahead
S'suess and b'gud. and the coroner does
the rest,
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Generali lily
fair to-day and tomorrow; little change
IN temperature; fresh southwest ana
west winds.
For New Jersey-Generally fair to-
day and tomorrow; not much change
IN temperature; fresh southwest and
west winds.
PROBABLY local. showers to-day: to-mor-
row fair: little change in Temperature :.
fresh south, shifting to west, winds.
For Southern New England-Gensrallv
fair to-day and tomorrow: not much
cnange in temperature fresh southwest
and west winds.
For Western New York Showers to-
day; tomorrow generally fair: not
much change in temperature: fresh
southwest and west winda.
WAszueozoN, May 1es-rhs storm
thAt was osntral oveR Uastsrn Ohio
Thursday night mevsa almost directly
nortnward and It's csnter was north OF
Lake Huron Tonight This storm has
Deen attended by showers throughout
and the Atlantic States north Of Florida
and by strong southerly winds along
tho Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic
coast. Pressure continued high to-day
from the Gulf OF st. Lawrence south
ward to Bermuda,
Tho indications are for mostly fair
weather to-morrow and Sunday In tine
States east Of the Mississippi River. ex.
cept that showers are probable to-mor-
row In portions OF the lower lake region.
northern New York. northern New Eng
land and tho interior Of the east Gulf
States.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
HITS TWO GIRLS, KILLS ONE.

Sosciog Dissctoh to The NEW YorK HmALD.
STAMFORD, May 1s.-Eve1yn Austin.
II. was killed. and Jessie Price. 10. was
seriously injured last night IN North
Stamford road when . motor car op-
Grated by Mrs. Myra Cassard. wife Of
the author Of the Pink Lady" ran them
down.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
NEW JERSEY SCOUT MEETING.

PI.ArNyIxLD. N. j.. May 1s.--Scout ex-
ecutives from all points Of New Jersey
gathered hero this afternoon for their
first annual two days session as guests
Of the Plainfield Rotary Club. Preced-
ing dinner tonight. at which State
Senator william N. Runyon presided,
the $50 delegates had an automobile
ride about the city and vicinity. The
conference will close tomorrow after
SOM
The New York herald., 1922-05-20

and -estr seems to denote an expert.
| may suggest that 1T. p" make use
| OF Equestrian and see how he gets on.
JorTxR ScRrBBLIN0.
SOUTH HANSON, Mass. May 10.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20

The Associated Press IL exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication OF all news dis
patches credited 20 II or not otherwise
credited In this paper, and also the local
news published herein.
All rights OF republication Of special dis
patches herein are also reserved
The New York herald., 1922-05-20

Mars will be only 100000 miles
away from the earth on June 1s, and
already come radio users are begin
ming to listen for signals from the
Red Planet.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
Little Buttercup DlsclaIms II.

To TIE NEW YORK HERALD: IN. r."
Is right! I sang the part Of Ltttle But
tercup when ''Pinafore' was popular
many years ago. and the words "rins
ana needles by the dozen for your
uncles and your cousin" arc not In 1t. !
IDA V. PARSONS.
NEW YORK, May 10.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
betting Against Nature.

From the Jedrcnporth Times.
Among other things II takes to be q fruit
grower in northern Kansas Is sporting
blood.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20

The stock tickers are to be speeded
up, so that gamblers In odd lots may
more quickly learn by how many
points they have been wiped out.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20

Hlshest temperature, = ct l:l5 I'm.
Average temperature. g..
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.

nc tenperAturo In this city yesterday. {
recoroed ny the official thermometer.
shown In the ANNEXED tahlA.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-15

Greenwood High. ?5.9: Greenwood
Elementary. ?1.6: laurel. 81: Laurel
Elementary, ?5: Seaford High. 951;
Seaford Elementary. 94.l; Salem, 9G1;
Columbia. 97.T; Providence. ?7.5;
Beach. 94.S: Bacon. 9i.s; Galloway.
1916: Sharp's,s?5.6: Independent. 97.9;
Hosea. 81; Morris. ss.5; Vaughn's. %:
Dorothy. 96.s; Peppers, go; o'Ncals
"a: Blades, 30: Cannon. "a; Pine Hill.
30: Tyndall's. 9a.3; shorts. 90; Syca-
more, IA grades. 80; Excelsior. 81;
Progress. %; Trinity, 30; Sunnyside
95; Messick's, 5-S grades. 90: Smiths,
951; Wesley. IA grades. 93.9; Fish
er's. 96.S; Redman.. 30; Tatman. 81
Webb's. 95.S; Flowers. 96: Woodland
9i5; Tull's. &c: Meals. 96.3; Bethel
ga; Jacobs, ?S.6; Whitesville. ?o.9;
Mission Hill. 93.5; Mitchell's. 90; Phil
lips Hill. ?6.S; Phillips. %; Records
"a: Shingles, ass; Atlanta, 95.7; Wes-
lev. As grades. 931.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-15
AID UNFORTUNATES.
Delaware Sunshine Branch Raising
Funds for Holiday Activities.

In order to raise funds for its holi-
day activities. the Delaware branch Of
the International Sunshine Society
will hold a rummage sale tomorrow at
S02 Tatnall street.
The branch interrrets spreading
sunshine as doing the small things
that come to it's hands; such as a
CHEEKY word to the sad, helping
hand to the fallen and boost TO the
unfortunate. But at this season of
the year its work extends a little
farther and IL remembers the sick
ana permanent shutin. To enable
them To- do this. the members have
planned the rummage sale. II any
person desires to help in this work
, by contributing any article OF cloth
ing or furniture to this sale, such
help would he gratefully accepted and
called for. Telephone numbers 2229-J,
177S-J., ca 3S29-J.